Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Scorpius (Sco)  ·  Contains:  34 Sco)  ·  35 Sco)  ·  45 Oph  ·  Butterfly Cluster  ·  Lesuth (υ Sco  ·  M 6  ·  M 7  ·  NGC 6405  ·  NGC 6475  ·  Ptolemy's Cluster  ·  The star Fuyue (G Sco)  ·  The star Lesath  ·  The star Shaula (λ Sco  ·  The star d Oph
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Scorpius Milky Way., Peter Pat
Scorpius Milky Way.
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Scorpius Milky Way.

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Scorpius Milky Way.

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A rich region of the Milky Way near the tail of Scorpius which includes a number of well known objects (plus a few that are less well known).

This is a two-panel mosaic taken with a Pentax K-5iis DSLR and a Samyang 135mm lens from dark skies at the recent South Pacific Star Party.

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