Astronomy Picture of Day: Sagittarius Starscape# Astronomy - 天文
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A Sagittarius Starscape
Credit & Copyright: David Malin (AAO), ROE, UKS Telescope
Explanation: Many vast star fields in the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy are rich in clouds
of stars, dust, and gas. First and foremost, visible in the above picture are millions of stars,
many of which are similar to our Sun. Next huge filaments of dark interstellar dust run
across the image and block the light from millions of more stars yet further across our
Galaxy. The bright red region on the left is
Credit & Copyright: David Malin (AAO), ROE, UKS Telescope
Explanation: Many vast star fields in the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy are rich in clouds
of stars, dust, and gas. First and foremost, visible in the above picture are millions of stars,
many of which are similar to our Sun. Next huge filaments of dark interstellar dust run
across the image and block the light from millions of more stars yet further across our
Galaxy. The bright red region on the left is