Astronomy Picture of the Day

Any person who has been high in the mountains or underway on a ship, for from the blind lights of metropolis has seen this gash across the sky. The dust of this vision twinkle at you as giant group of stars running across you view.
I always thought this was a view of the outer edge of our galaxy, but to learn this view I have seen every time I put to sea is in fact the center of the Milky Way is astounding. Imagine how bright such an object must be to be seen from through all the dust and star between us on the outer region and the center.