View source for File:The Milky Way by JP Metsavainio from Taurus the Bull to Cygnus the Swan.jpg


Photo Credits: JP Metsavainio 


The Milky Way

A region of 125 arc minutes, [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/The_Milky_Way-GrandeMosaic120DegreesLONG.jpg stretching from the constellation Taurus the Bull to the constellation Cygnus the Swan.]

The Milky Way panorama final image stretches over 125 degrees of sky. Metsavainio made this photo mosaic using special filters, only letting certain wavelengths through. As a result, the colors you can see in this image come from light emitted by 3 ionized elements, meaning elements that have lost one or more electrons in their atoms; hydrogen (H-alpha), sulphur (S II) and oxygen (O III).



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[https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/The_Milky_Way-GrandeMosaic120DegreesLONG.jpg The Milky Way, 'Grand Mosaic' (Open and click on image to expand)]


Finnish photographer-artist, JP Metsavainio, took over 12 years and 1,200 hours of exposures to create a panoramic Milky Way. 

Not only did he capture our planet’s galaxy, but also more than 20 million stars that reside within a vast expanse.

* https://www.facebook.com/jp.metsavainio

* https://twitter.com/JP_Metsavainio


Science of the Milky Way

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way

* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Hubble



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