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A Southern Sky View 

Credit and Copyright: G. Garradd 

Explanation: From horizon to horizon, the night sky above Loomberah, New
South Wales, Australia was photographed by astronomer Gordon Garradd on
March 22, 1996.  Garradd used a home made all-sky camera with a fish-eye
lens, resulting in a circular 200 degree field of view.  This gorgeous
sky view is dominated by the luminous band of the Milky Way cut by
dramatic, dark interstellar dust clouds.  Along with the bright stars of
our Galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud is visible at the upper right
(about 1 o'clock) and the long, lovely, bluish tail of comet Hyakutake
can be seen toward the bottom of the image, near the bright star
Arcturus.  Bright city lights from nearby Tamworth glow along the
Northwestern horizon.