This 360-degree panoramic view of the Milky Way has been assembled from sixteen 28 mm wide-angle photographs. The individual images were transformed to a cartesian frame based on galactic coordinates prior to assembly, thus eliminating the distortions introduced by the wide-angle lens. For a detailed description of the technique, click here.

This image is a clickable map. Move your mouse cursor across the image and click your left mouse button when the cursor changes shape. How many individual objects can you find?
Hint #1: some of the active areas overlap.
Hint #2: Check out some of the HII regions in Scorpius and Carina.