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Re:Largest true-color photograph of the night sky ever by ds_ on Thursday December 05, 2013 @03:30AM (#6853244)
Yes, it's the plane of our galaxy. If you click show constellations and objects, you can see where we are in the spiral, bottom left.
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Re:Largest true-color photograph of the night sky ever by theallan on Thursday December 05, 2013 @04:33AM (#6853428)
What is the "shadow" that appears to go across the plane in a very irregular manner? Is there a local dust cloud obscuring parts of the main plane?
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Re:Largest true-color photograph of the night sky ever by ds_ on Thursday December 05, 2013 @04:50AM (#6853488)
It's the Great Rift http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Rift_(astronomy)
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Re:Largest true-color photograph of the night sky ever by jordanthoms on Thursday December 05, 2013 @03:54AM (#6853309)
Interesting, I haven't seen this clustering from looking at the sky before - is it because this is more sensitive than the naked eye?
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Re:Largest true-color photograph of the night sky ever by ddeck on Thursday December 05, 2013 @04:27AM (#6853401)
This is one of the downsides of living in a heavily populated area. It's quite visible once you get away from the light pollution around cities.
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Re:Largest true-color photograph of the night sky ever by Pitarou on Thursday December 05, 2013 @05:24AM (#6853619)
It's called the Milky Way!

In general, you can't see it if you're anywhere near an urban area.

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Re:Largest true-color photograph of the night sky ever by ds_ on Thursday December 05, 2013 @04:24AM (#6853388)
You can see it in areas with little light pollution (although not quite like this image), otherwise most of the stars are too faint.
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