Dark Sky Down Under Looking up with unaided eyes gave us a clear impression that we were observing a spiral galaxy "edge on." p ALL-SKY SPLENDOR From a vantage point in the Southern Hemisphere, with no light pollution to interfere, the Milky Way comes into its own, as proven in this 180ยบ view of the sky above Arkaroola captured through a fish-eye lens. JURIJ STA RE (3) q CLOUD CONGREGATION The globular cluster NGC 6723 (upper right of center) lies some 30,000 light-years past the dramatic nebula complex of NGC 6726, NGC 6727, NGC 6729, and IC 4812 in Corona Australis. 64 M AY 2 0 1 8 * S K Y & T E L E S C O P E