Explanation:
This panoramic image tracing
constellations in the
southern sky shows off
a beautiful vista toward the center of our Milky
Way Galaxy.
It was recorded just last month near the
city of
Campos in northeastern Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.
A sugar cane field from one of the historic region's local farms
lies in the foreground.
From left to right, the view sweeps across the
Galactic Center
in Sagittarius, bright stars in the tail of
Scorpius, the
South Celestial Pole above and right of
the gap in the sugar canes, the dark
Coalsack Nebula, and the Southern Cross.
The closest star system,
Alpha Centauri,
and the giant
Omega Centauri
globular star cluster also shine in the starry night.
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