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| The Milky Way | In this image, the Milky Way passes through the summer triangle. Altair is the bright star in the lower right. Vega is the bright star in upper middle. The third star in the triangle is Deneb (lower left) in Cygnus. | We believe our galaxy looks similar to this galaxy, NGC1300. | Seen edge-on, our galaxy would look similar to this. |
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| Globular cluster in Centaurus NGC5139. | M12 is a globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus. | Globular cluster in Hercules. | Perhaps the best known of the open clusters are the Pleiades. |
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| Diffuse nebula M8. | Diffuse nebula M17 in Sagittarius. | Well known diffuse nebula in Orion, M42. | Details of the Orion nebula. |
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| Diffuse nebula in Carina. | The Triffid nebula, M20 is also a diffuse nebula. | HST images the Large Magellanic Cloud. | A time exposure image of the Milky Way in Sagittarius. |