New sky map: Look, Ma, no Milky Way!

Milky Way, begone!

Bright galaxies and gas clouds in the southern sky imaged by HIPASS. These galaxies, some newly visible, lie in strings and sheets rather than fill the sky uniformly. Images: B.S. Koribalski,

In this image, which records hydrogen gas from our galaxy and its neighbors, the Milky Way galaxy (bottom) pulls gas from two nearby galaxies (upper left).