3,000 Images Combine for Stunning Milky Way Portrait

Too bad you can't click to zoom on the image. If anyone finds a version where you can, please post it.

Wait the galaxy is round? Very nice find and yeah I will keep an eye out for an interactive picture.

Jay, the galaxy may be round (a disk) but since we're inside it, we see it as edge on, thus making it a straight line.  It's a beautiful siight when you're located under totally dark skies and can see it in the summer or winter.  In the summer you can see the heart of the Milky Way in the constellation Sagittarius, and binocs or a small telescope yield views of many star clusters and dust globules (dark patches).




Sagittarius, heart of the Milky Way

Yeah that was a sarcastic comment but I just look at that photo and see it as incomplete as there is still so much out there for us to discover. I really need to get a telescope someday and sit outside with the girlfriend (not on cold nights because she is a wuss) and just do some exploring on my own. Either way these photos are incredible.