Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Eagle nebula  ·  Hourglass nebula  ·  IC 4701  ·  IC 4715  ·  IC 4725  ·  Lagoon nebula  ·  M 16  ·  M 17  ·  M 20  ·  M 21  ·  M 23  ·  M 25  ·  M 8  ·  NGC 6469  ·  NGC 6494  ·  NGC 6514  ·  NGC 6523  ·  NGC 6526  ·  NGC 6530  ·  NGC 6531  ·  NGC 6546  ·  NGC 6568  ·  NGC 6595  ·  NGC 6611  ·  NGC 6618  ·  Omega nebula  ·  The star 11Sgr  ·  The star 14Sgr  ·  The star 15Sgr  ·  The star 16Sgr  ·  And 7 more.
The clouds above our clouds: The heart of the Milkyway (Lagoon M8, Trifid M20 and Eagle M29), Julian Mochayedi
The clouds above our clouds: The heart of the Milkyway (Lagoon M8, Trifid M20 and Eagle M29)
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The clouds above our clouds: The heart of the Milkyway (Lagoon M8, Trifid M20 and Eagle M29)

The clouds above our clouds: The heart of the Milkyway (Lagoon M8, Trifid M20 and Eagle M29), Julian Mochayedi
The clouds above our clouds: The heart of the Milkyway (Lagoon M8, Trifid M20 and Eagle M29)
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The clouds above our clouds: The heart of the Milkyway (Lagoon M8, Trifid M20 and Eagle M29)

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The clouds above our clouds:

The heart of the galactic center of our Milkyway, photographed in Egypt last month.

The image depicts the core region near Sagitarius.

From right to left:

The giant red hydrogen emission Lagoon Nebula

The smaller Trifid Nebula with its red emission and blue reflection nebula areas.

The Omega Nebula

and lastly the Eagle Nebula to the left which contains the famous pillars of creation.

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Canon 6Da Samyang 135mm F2,0, StarAdventurer

80x 1 minute exposures, stacked and processed in PI, finished in LR.

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The clouds above our clouds: The heart of the Milkyway (Lagoon M8, Trifid M20 and Eagle M29), Julian Mochayedi