Infrared-visual crossfade, centre of the Milky Way (Annotated)

Starting with a visible light view of a small region close to the centre of our Milky Way, created from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 images, we gradually fade into the VISTA infrared view of the same area of sky. Huge numbers of previously unseen red stars appear as the effects of the dust are reduced. More information and download options: Credit: ESO/VISTA and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin