Is it possible to capture the entire plane of our galaxy in a single image? Yes, but not in one exposure: it took some planning to do it in two. The top and the bottom part of this image were taken six months apart and there you have it, the complete plane

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image showing Is it possible to capture the entire plane of our galaxy in a single image? Yes, but not in one exposure: it took some planning to do it in two. The top and the bottom part of this image were taken six months apart and there you have it, the complete plane

Mass1m01973 on December 9th, 2018 at 07:16 UTC »

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180313.html

RealLifeHundredaire on December 9th, 2018 at 07:54 UTC »

Fucking amazing picture. Should be at the top of /r/all.

padizzledonk on December 9th, 2018 at 08:01 UTC »

Whats that little dwarf galaxy in there? Or is that just some big nebula?

I want to say its one of Magellanic Clouds?