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Northern hemisphere astronomers often make the pilgrimage south of the equator at least once in their lives to stand in a dark sky site and witness first-hand what with all intents and purposes is the central bulge of the Milky Way galaxy passing directly overhead. The grandeur of this spectacle is not lost even on casual observers.
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Chadwick, S., Cooper, I. (2012). The Heart of the Galaxy. In: Imaging the Southern Sky. Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4750-4_6
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