This image of the night time sky taken in Switzerland depicts a stunning view of the Milky Way and the constellations that mark this season's sky. Other galaxies that can be spotted (and labeled by scrolling over the image with the cursor) are the Andromeda (m31) which has a double peaked center and is very comparable in composition to our own Milky Way galaxy, and Triangulum (m33) which is the largest of the local galaxies (Andromeda and the Milky Way are both members) and is one of the furthest objects in the sky that can be seen with the naked eye alone on a clear night. Also several nebulae can be seen, such as the Rosette nebula that was the topic of my last APOD post, the California nebula that closely resembles the silhouette of the state of California and is located in Orion's arm, as well as the Heart and Soul nebulae named for a striking resemblance of the heart symbol and are located in the constellation Cassiopeia.
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