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  • Title: Emu and Egg! The Milky Way from the Southern Cross to Scorpius seen above the ANU 24-inch telescope dome.
  • Description: Several Aboriginal tribes see the structure of these dust and gas clouds in the Milky Way as representing an emu. Its head, complete with beak, is the dark cloud (which we call the Coalsack) just below the Cross at the top right of the picture.



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  • File name: SSO06.jpg
  • Dimensions: 685 x 1000 px

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  • The ANU 2.3m telescope building, the Anglo-Australian Telescope dome and the ANU 24-inch telescope dome.
  • Looking to the south-west to the Milky Way in Carina, the Southern Cross and Centaurus setting behind the moonlit ANU 2.3m dome
  • Looking south-east to the constellations of Centaurus and Scorpius behind the ANU 2.3m telescope building
  • Looking south-east at the moonlit ANU 2.3m telescope building with the Anglo-Australian Telescope dome in the distance
  • Emu and Egg! The Milky Way from the Southern Cross to Scorpius seen above the ANU 24-inch telescope dome.
  • The Milky Way in the region of the Southern Cross (Crux) and Centaurus rising in the south-east behind the 24-inch dome
  • The southern Milky Way from Centaurus to Scorpius setting behind the ANU 24-inch telescope building.
  • The ANU 24-inch telescope dome with the centre of the Milky Way near Scorpius and Sagittarius above
  • From inside the dome, looking past the ANU 24-inch telescope towards the centre of the Milky Way galaxy in Sagittarius

Emu and Egg! The Milky Way from the Southern Cross to Scorpius seen above the ANU 24-inch telescope dome.

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Emu and Egg! The Milky Way from the Southern Cross to Scorpius seen above the ANU 24-inch telescope dome. Several Aboriginal tribes see the structure of these dust and gas clouds in the Milky Way as representing an emu. Its head, complete with beak, is the dark cloud (which we call the Coalsack) just below the Cross at the top right of the picture.

NOTE: All images are copyright and must not be reproduced or mirrored in any form without written permission. No use may be made of any of the images without Dr Shobbrook's written permission.