From the May 2015 issue

Web Extra: A tour around the Great Rift

This area of the Milky Way is home to thousands of stunning celestial objects.
By | Published: May 25, 2015 | Last updated on May 18, 2023

Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • Alan Goldstein's July 2015 Astronomy article detailed dark nebulae within the Milky Way's Great Rift.
  • The article featured a limited selection of objects within the Great Rift due to space constraints.
  • Numerous celestial objects worthy of observation reside in the Great Rift region.
  • Twelve additional noteworthy objects, not included in the original article, are mentioned.
Key takeaways sponsored by The Space Store
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Emission nebula NGC 6188 and open cluster NGC 6193 in Ara the Altar
Gerald Rhemann
In the July 2015 issue of Astronomy, author Alan Goldstein described the many dark nebula that lie along a section of the Milky Way called the Great Rift.

Of course, thousands of objects worthy of your attention lie in this area. We didn’t have room for even a fraction of them in the story, so here are a dozen more that we know you’ll enjoy.

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