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image credit & copyright: Miloslav Druckmuller (Brno University of Technology)



diffuse starlight and dark nebulae along the southern Milky Way arc over the horizon and sprawl diagonally through this gorgeous nightscape

the breath-taking mosaic spans a wide 100º degrees, with the rugged terrain of the Patagonia, Argentina region in the foreground

along with the insider's view of our own galaxy, the image features our outside perspective on two irregular satellite galaxies - the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds

the scene also captures the broad tail and bright coma of Comet McNaught, the Great Comet of 2007




























in apod.nasa.gov/apod