The very large dark area to the left of the MW's central bulge continues to amaze me.
Also, it looks like the LMC has moved from near eta Carinae leaving a dark trail.
That's amazing, thanks for posting Glen.
I have been staring at it for ages trying to "get my bearings", trying to work out what the prominent stars and galaxies are.
I have located: Orion, Crux-Cent-Carina-SCP area. What is that Nebula on the far left, south of the plane? And the galaxy closer to the MW centre, also south of the plane, is that M31? Notice the defraction spikes on a couple of the brighter stars.
I've just put it on my desktop image to replace that Hubble image of the Sombrero (with all those galaxies in the background).
I've spent most of this rainy day picking out popular objects.
I "joined the dots" with some of the more well-known constellations just for a bit of fun. Note that the 2 objects south of the plane, with the multiple diffraction spikes are planets, I guess Jupiter and Saturn.
firstly thanks for posting this amazing image. It is awesome.
And Stephen, thanks a bundle for pointing out those targets. I have to confess, the whereabouts of these targets was a complete mystery to me.
Although as always, now that they're pointed out, they seem clear enough.
Seeing them pointed out has added a whole new dimension to this sort of view for me, now and in the future. So many thanks
... err what's the largish blob about half past eight from Orion anyone? Any thoughts?
