Milky Way center in the Scorpius constellation area


The bulge of our galay and the Scorpius constellation. Many nebulas and galactic objects may be seen in this deep picture: the pipe nebula (center) is one of the most famous dark cloud of our galaxy or M4 globular cluster, near the bright red heart of Scorpius, the Antares red supergiant star. Is possible to see also the Blue Horse Head Nebula (top right and M20 and M8 nebulae (left of the pipe nebula).


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Location: Milky Way
Photo credit: © Giulio Ercolani / Alamy / Afripics
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