6.2 Stars and Galaxies
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Fig. 6.5 A panoramic view of the Milky Way. This view of the full 360 ◦ , made up of many
separate photographs, has been produced by the European Southern Observatory ESO.
The two spots to the right the Milky Way above of the center are the Magellanic Clouds,
companions to our Galaxy. The two just to the right of the Milky Way at the bottom
are the star cluster the Pleiades (extreme left) (see also Fig. 9.12) and the nearest spiral
galaxy, the Andromeda Nebula (see also Fig. 6.7). The blob just to the left of the Milky
Way to the extreme top is the constellation Orion with the Orion Nebula (see also
Fig. 9.11). Other bright objects are planets that happened to be in the field when the
pictures were taken. European Southern Observatory [57]
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Fig. 6.5 A panoramic view of the Milky Way. This view of the full 360 ◦ , made up of many
separate photographs, has been produced by the European Southern Observatory ESO.
The two spots to the right the Milky Way above of the center are the Magellanic Clouds,
companions to our Galaxy. The two just to the right of the Milky Way at the bottom
are the star cluster the Pleiades (extreme left) (see also Fig. 9.12) and the nearest spiral
galaxy, the Andromeda Nebula (see also Fig. 6.7). The blob just to the left of the Milky
Way to the extreme top is the constellation Orion with the Orion Nebula (see also
Fig. 9.11). Other bright objects are planets that happened to be in the field when the
pictures were taken. European Southern Observatory [57]