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Welcome to our Milky Way…

 

Covering the entire southern and northern celestial sphere, this gorgeous starscape serves as the ultimate high-resolution view of the cosmic landscape that surrounds our tiny blue planet.

 

Using data from GigaGalaxy Zoom project (ESO), and post-processing by Pablo Carlos Budassi we are presenting this new render with our particular style in terms of color and proportions

 

 

This unique projection place the viewer in front of our Galaxy with the Galactic Plane running horizontally through the image — almost as if we were looking at the Milky Way from the outside. 
 
From this vantage point, the general components of our spiral galaxy come clearly into view, including its disc, marbled with both dark and glowing nebulae, which harbours bright, young stars, as well as the Galaxy’s central bulge and its satellite galaxies.
 
The high resolution image contains 18 million pixels. Data collection and processing credits go to ESO and S. Brunier.
 
 
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It’s a patchy, pale river in the sky…

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
This composite image is also available in 3 separate metal prints:
PLATE 1     PLATE 2      PLATE 3

 

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Omega Nebula + Eagle Nebula + Sharpless 2-54

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The Omega Nebula (Messier 17) on the left, the iconic Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) in the center, and the faint, glowing cloud of gas called Sharpless 2-54 on the right share the stage in this enormous three gigapixel image based on data from ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope (VST). Pablo Budassi adapted and enhanced this image in February 2025.

This magnificent trio of nebulae forms part of an expansive tapestry of interstellar gas and dust, where new stars are continually being born, casting their radiant light and shaping the cosmic landscape.

The Omega Nebula, also known as Messier 17 (M17) or the Swan Nebula, spans about 15 light-years across and is situated approximately 5,000 to 6,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius. This nebula is a massive star-forming region, housing young, hot stars that illuminate the surrounding gas and dust, creating a breathtaking and vibrant spectacle in the night sky.

The Eagle Nebula, or Messier 16 (M16), is located about 7,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Serpens and spans approximately 70 by 55 light-years. Its vast expanse and mesmerizing formations make it a favorite target for astronomers and astrophotographers alike. The iconic “Pillars of Creation”—towering structures of gas and dust captured in 2014 by the Hubble Space Telescope and in 2023 by JWSTcan be spotted at the center of the bright region.

Sharpless 2-54 is an extended bright nebula in the constellation Serpens. In its core there are many protostars and many infrared sources; some of these sources, like IRAS 18151−1208, are most probably very young high-mass stars. The older star population in this region has an average age of 4–5 million years, and its components are grouped in the open cluster NGC 6604 (blue/white stars on the center and left). Sh 2-54 belongs to an extended nebulosity that includes also the Eagle Nebula and the Omega Nebula.

 

 

Milky Way Panorama

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* This was a high resolution 360-degree panoramic view of our galaxy. If you want to see the galaxy from above, check our Map of the Milky Way Galaxy

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