... Sometimes staring into empty space is useful. Pictured above is a region of sky that was picked because it had, well, nothing: no bright stars, no bright galaxies, and no picturesque nebulas. What could not be avoided, however, were a few stars in our own Galaxy, and many distant galaxies strewn across the universe. ... The center of our Galaxy is obscured in visible light by dark dust that rotates with the stars in the Galactic Plane. ... Many Moons . ... A Deep Field In The Southern Sky . ...