Half gigapixel Milky Way over La Palma Size:30x40 cm or 665 miles across) and

or 665 miles across)  and Titan (5

Infographics and science data resources: NASA

New stars embedded in the tops of the pillars

Near the top of the mosaic

000 light-years across and is located 28 million light-years from Earth

Half gigapixel Milky Way over La Palma Size:30x40 cm or 665 miles across) andThis image was a project that gave me a lot of headaches. I've rarely tried to edit an image more than once, and I've never created so many different versions of an image as I did here. When you are trying to reach or push the boundaries of astrophotography you have to take it all in. In my case it took over 1 year to put this final version together. The whole image is a panorama taken with a 135mm lens. The sky alone has 104 separate parts and