Milky Way from Scutum to Aquila: Star fields behind dark nebulae
A 36°×54° view of a dense region of the Milky Way, located about 30° from the Galactic Center, is presented. This part of the sky contains the constellations Scutum, Aquila, Serpens Cauda and Ophiuchus and is dominated by star fields and dark nebulae.Click on the image to load a high resolution (259 MP) version using a JavaScript viewer.
The large (red) emission nebula in the bottom left corner (bottom right in the Javascript viewer) is the ζ Ophiuchi Nebula.
The small emission nebula near the left border, close to the Galactic Plane, is the Eagle Nebula, also known as M16.
Image data
This image was calculated using data from the Northern Sky Narrowband Survey, DR0.1. Click the link for detailed information or visit the instruments page for information about the equipment. Here is some additional image-specific information:
| Center position: | RA: 18:20h, DEC: 2° |
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| FOV: | 54°×36° (RA×DEC, through center) |
| Orientation: | JavaScript viewer: North is up Above: North is right |
| Scale: | 10 arcsec/pixel (in center at full resolution) |
| Projection type: | Stereographic |
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