Panorama of the Milky Way from Scutum (at left) to Serpens (at right), taking in the Scutum Starcloud just left of centre and the Messier 16 and 17 nebulas (the Eagle and Swan respectively) at right. The large faint patch of red above and left of M16 is Sharpless 2-54. The star cluster M25 is at lower right. The M11 and M26 clusters are visible at centre in Scutum. Photographed on 16 August 2023 at the Saskatchewan Summer Star Party in the Cypress Hills, Canada.

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