In winter, we face the Milky Way’s anticenter, a little-explored region offering goodies for telescopes both large and small. Few give much thought to the Milky Way’s anticenter, a lonely locale 180 degrees opposite the busy metropolis of Sagittarius, where the summer Milky Way glitters like Vegas. On winter nights, Sagittarius lies behind us, hidden by Earth’s bulk. Step outside around 8:30 p.m. in early January, direct your gaze at Taurus, and you’ll quickly find yourself in the […]
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