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  2. Great Rift (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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    The Great Rift covers one third of the Milky Way, and is flanked by strips of numerous stars, such as the Cygnus Star Cloud. [2] West of the Cepheus Clouds, the Funnel cloud/Le Gentil 3 and the bordering North America Nebula, the Great Rift starts with the Northern Coalsack at the constellation of Cygnus, where it is known as the Cygnus Rift. [3]

  3. Look up this summer for a great view of the Milky Way, Great ...

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    The milky way shimmers above the St. Marks Lighthouse. Morning sky: The most planetary action this month is in the morning sky. Saturn rises around 1 a.m. in early July but by 11 p.m. late in the ...

  4. Milky Way - Wikipedia

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    The Milky Way [c] is the galaxy that ... Dark regions within the band, such as the Great Rift and the Coalsack, are areas where interstellar dust blocks light from ...

  5. Serpens–Aquila Rift - Wikipedia

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    The Serpens–Aquila Rift (also known as the Aquila Rift) is a region of the sky in the constellations Aquila, Serpens Cauda, and eastern Ophiuchus containing dark interstellar clouds. The region forms part of the Great Rift , the nearby dark cloud of cosmic dust that obscures the middle of the galactic plane of the Milky Way , looking inwards ...

  6. Large Sagittarius Star Cloud - Wikipedia

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    The Large Sagittarius Star Cloud is the brightest visible region of the Milky Way galaxy, a portion of the central bulge seen around the thick dust of the Great Rift which lines the northwest edge. It should not be confused with the nearby Small Sagittarius Star Cloud, which lies about 10° to the north. [1]

  7. Sagittarius A - Wikipedia

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    It is located between Scorpius and Sagittarius, and is hidden from view at optical wavelengths by large clouds of cosmic dust in the spiral arms of the Milky Way. The dust lane that obscures the Galactic Center from a vantage point around the Sun causes the Great Rift through the bright bulge of the galaxy.

  8. Dark Horse (astronomy) - Wikipedia

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    It is a large, visible feature of the Milky Way's Great Rift, uniting several individually catalogued dark nebulae, including the Pipe Nebula. It is visible from Earth only on clear moonless nights without light pollution and with low humidity. [1]

  9. Great Rift - Wikipedia

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    Great Rift Valley, ... Rift (astronomy), a series of molecular dust clouds located between the Solar System and the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy;