MILKY WAY IN SCUTUM AND AQUILA

The Milky Way runs vertically down the picture through Aquila and Scutum. North is to the upper left. The distinctive ring at the center lies at the boundary between the two constellations, the bright star Lambda Aquilae. Serpens Cauda and Ophiuchus are at left (the "vee" Poniatowski's Bull). Sagittarius lies to the lower left. The bright "star" near the lower left corner is Saturn, which was in the field when the picture was taken. Pi Sagittarii is down and to the right of Saturn.

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See the Milky Way farther north in Aquila.

See the Milky Way to the south in Sagittarius.