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DescriptionLarge Sagittarius star cloud.jpg
English: The Large Sagittarius star cloud is the brightest portion of the Milky Way.
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Guy Courtemanche
This is a crop/derivative work of "Into the Milky Way 2 - Sagittarius region pano" by mountain_akita, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
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