Milky Way Central Region

Milky Way Central Region

Outstanding photograph of the Milky Way’s central region, including

constellations

Sagittarius,

Scorpius,

Ophiuchus, and

Scutum.

This photograph exhibits a large number of Messier objects:

M6, M7,

M8, M9,

M16, M17,

M18, M20,

M21, M22,

M23, M24,

M25, M28,

M54, M69,

and M70.

• Annoted map version of this image

  This image was obtained by Bill Keel of the University of Alabama.

  More Messier object images from Bill Keels collection.

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  Hartmut Frommert

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  Christine Kronberg

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