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Old October 1st 14, 09:32 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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Default Clouds of the Milky Way

On Wednesday, October 1, 2014 11:44:18 AM UTC-7, Uncarollo2 wrote:
Now that summer has ended, the summer Milky Way is headed west and will soon be replaced by that part of the sky dominated by galaxies. Here is a last look at part of the Milky Way laced with clouds of hydrogen.



http://www.buytelescopes.com/content...nt-nebula.jpeg



http://www.buytelescopes.com/content/images/thumbs/0054588_milky-way-and-crescent-nebula.jpeg



UncarolloMilkywayfan


Very nice. This past weekend I cruised all around this area with my 25"dob... but it sure didn't look like that!

\Paul A