OUR OWN MILKY WAY
"This 360-degree panoramic view of the Milky Way has been assembled from sixteen 28 mm wide-angle photographs. The individual images were transformed to a cartesian frame based on galactic coordinates prior to assembly, thus eliminating the distortions from the wide-angle lens. For a detailed description of the technique, click here."
This image was made by German physicist Axel Mellinger. There are many other beautiful images at his website.
(Copyright by Axel Mellinger, all rights reserved.)
SEE CONSTELLATIONS SUPERIMPOSED ON THE MILKY WAY (258KB JPG)