December 30, 2016

The centre of the Milky Way

The centre of the Milky Way

The central parts of our Galaxy, the Milky Way, as observed in the near-infrared with the NACO instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope. By following the motions of the most central stars over more than 16 years, astronomers were able to determine the mass of the supermassive black hole that lurks there.

Image Credit: ESO/S. Gillessen et al.

2 comments:

  1. it almost looks like a city of lights like vegas are some sin city like that.

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  2. "astronomers were able to determine the mass of the supermassive black hole that lurks there." O.K. and exactly how massive is that Super-massive black hole that "lurks" there? One more question? Is Earth in danger of being sucked into that S.M. Black Hole and if so, when exactly? One further question? Could that S.M.B.H. be helping to create our "global warming" effect?

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