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Credit & Copyright: Miloslav
Druckmuller
(Brno University of Technology)
Explanation:
Diffuse starlight and dark nebulae
along the southern
Milky Way arc over the
horizon and sprawl diagonally through this
gorgeous nightscape.
The breath-taking mosaic spans a wide
100 degrees, with the rugged
terrain of the
Patagonia,
Argentina
region in the foreground.
Along with the
insider's view of
our own galaxy, the image
features our outside perspective on two irregular satellite galaxies -
the Large and
Small Magellanic Clouds.
The scene also captures the
broad tail
and bright coma of
Comet McNaught, the
Great Comet of 2007.
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