Sagittarius Milky Way

Visually, this is the richest part of our Milky Way Galaxy. It straddles the areas of the constellations Sagittarius and, right of that, Ophiuchus. In the direction of Sagittarius lies the heart of our galaxy, the densest region of stars. But in front of that we can see a strip of dark nebula obscuring our full view of the central Milky Way. Can you see the dark figure known as the Prancing Horse, to the right of centre? To the left of that is a small pink patch, the Lagoon Nebula. This is a combination of eight stacked, 15-second photographs from a Canon ESO R8 and a fast lens at ISO 2000.