Apod Entry 1.6

The photo is of a portion of the Milky Way band. This panorama is of a northern portion of the Milky Way's band. This portion of the Milky Way contains numerous objects. Scattered throughout the photo are various bright stars which some can be seen with the naked eye. The dark clouds seen throughout resemble clusters of smoke that are caused by absorption of background starlight by dust. The red clouds are caused by ionizing the hydrogen gas by certain stars with refraction and absorption taking place. The dust on the top and bottom of the photo is reflected light blue light causing the color of blue to show prominently. Also, star clusters are spread out throughtout the northern portion of the Milky Way.