Andy Dungan 6/26/26 Chinese Dragon Nebula (left up), Lagoon Nebula (center), Trifid Nebula (right up) all about 5000 ly away in Sagittarius.

Chinese Dragon Nebula (left up), Lagoon Nebula (center), Trifid Nebula (right up) all about 5000 ly away. Additionally the Starburst Cluster NGC6544 is found in the lower left), 8000+ ly away. If you look closely at the Chinese Dragon Nebula you will see a snake like creature winding through the Nebula.

This was a lot of fun to compose. At 495mm I could just get all these objects in the frame. All these objects along with others in the area are located in the Milky Core. That is the reason there are so many stars in the picture. The picture is basically looking horizontal from our position in the Milky Way all the way across the horizontal plane of the Milky Way. That’s why so many stars. Read the article in from today’s newsletter about the Milky Way (https://earthsky.org/todays-image/milky-ways-core-largest-most-detailed-photo/?mc_cid=cde3d5fed7). Here are a couple of more links about the Milky Way if you are interested.
https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/objects/milkyway1.html
https://skyandtelescope.org/stargazing-and-observing/welcome-back-milky-way/

ASI2600MC Pro g100, AskarV@495f6.2, 65 10min pics (10.8 hours) exposure +darks/biases/flats, Ha 24 10min pics (4 hours) exposure, taken over multiple nights
AM5/ASIair+, EAF, Askar OAG with ASI174mini for guiding

PixInsight 100%.

Processed the OSC data and Ha data separately and then combined. Then combined that starless image with the stars image.