Friday, September 25, 2009

APOD 1.4

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090925.html

Gigagalaxy Zoom: Galactic Center
This picture is a mosaic that is made up of 1200 separate pictures taken over the course of twenty-nine days. It depicts the center of the Milky Way, which is in the direction of Saggitarius. It shows many of the nebulae and star clusters that are present in the center of our galaxy, including the Lagoon and Cat's Paw nebulae. The Lagoon nebula is also known as M8 and is an emission nebula. The Cat's Paw nebula, located in Scorpius, is also known as NGC 6334 and it is an emission nebula as well.