... Sometimes the sky itself seems to glow. ... If the glow appears as a faint band of light running across the whole sky, you are probably seeing the combined light from the billions of stars that compose our Milky Way Galaxy. ... Thousands of stars, several constellations, a planet and a comet all graced the western horizon over Ujue, Spain just after sunset on April 4th, 1997. ... The dark winding lanes visible in part of the constellation Ophiuchus belong to the Snake Nebula. ... A Universe in a Box...