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This very rich region of the Milky Way in the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer) includes huge numbers of stars as well as several spectacular regions of star formation. At the center lies Sharpless 29, which includes NGC 6559. To the right lies the very bright and famous Lagoon Nebula (M8) and at the upper-right the Trifid Nebula (M20) can be seen. This picture was created from images in the Digitized Sky Survey 2.
Image Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2
Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
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