Dense region of the Milky Way near Aquila

A 36° × 54° view of a dense region of the Milky Way, located about 30° from the Galactic Center, is presented. This part of the sky covers the constellations Aquila, Serpens Cauda, and Ophiuchus and is dominated by star fields and dark nebulae.

The image was calculated from data of DR0.1 from the Northern Sky Narrowband Survey.

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Milky Way from Ophiuchus to Aquila un true colors — (Almost) true-color image without star reduction. The red channel contains some Hα light. The large (red) emission nebula in the bottom left corner (bottom right in the Javascript viewer) is the Zeta Ophiuchi Nebula. The small emission nebula near the left border, close to the Galactic Plane, is the Eagle Nebula, also known as M16.

Image data

The origin of the data and the equipment are described on the DR0.1 page of the Northern Sky Narrowband Survey and on the instruments page, respectively. Here is some additional image-specific information:

Center position:	RA: 18:20h, DEC: 2°
FOV:	54°×36° (RA×DEC, through center)
Orientation:	JavaScript viewer: North is up Above: North is right
Scale:	10 arcsec/pixel (in center at full resolution)
Projection type:	Stereographic