Sagittarius sits right below the heart of our Galaxy. Somewhere in that cloud is a supermassive black hole surrounded by a couple hundred million stars.

Shot from the backyard of our vacation house on Cape Cod - f 2.8 at 20 seconds. ISO 1600. Click through for annotations, notes, etc.

I wish it weren’t so bright but that’s life.

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