Starship Asterisk*

G'day

Some links to the centre of the Milky Way

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap990128.html
This one is great

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070114.html
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~reid/sgra.html
http://www.mpe.mpg.de/ir/GC/index.php
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~ghezgroup/gc/

Thank you makC
for the link
Galactic Center
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_center

I thought I had those links.

Darn

Nice images

A Galactic Cloud of Antimatter
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970501.html

Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970121.html

Sgr A*: Fast Stars Near the Galactic Center
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001220.html

At the Center of the Milky Way
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051023.html

Galactic Centre Starscape
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000629.html

Dramatic Increase in Supernova Explosions Looms
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/boom_times_020610-1.html

Quote:
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The center of our Milky Way Galaxy is inching toward an era of intense fireworks when stars will be born 100 times more frequently than today and many will die quick, explosive deaths, according to new research.

A huge and dense ring of interstellar gas is collecting near the galactic center and approaching a density that will, in about 200 million years, generate a burst of star formation that could transform the very appearance of our galaxy as seen from afar.



The dark heart of the Milky Way
http://www.einstein-online.info/en/spotlights/milkyway_bh/index.html

Quote:
In the case of the central black hole in the Milky Way galaxy, astronomers have followed the motion of several stars in the centre of the galactic core for years. The following animation is based on observations made by researchers from the Max-Planck-Institute for extraterrestrial physics in the course of six years, using the New Technology Telescope of the European Southern Observatory.


This is a great little movie

The Galactic Centre
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
http://www.mpe.mpg.de/ir/GC/index.php

Wow! the amount of info.

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Again thank you MackC for the above.

G'day from the land of ozzzzzz


I forgot this one


UCLA Galactic Center Group
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~ghezgroup/gc/

What do you call a group of black holes ... a flock, a brace, a swarm?
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060729.html

[quote]Monitoring a region around the center of our Galaxy, astronomers have indeed found evidence for a surprisingly large number of variable x-ray sources - likely black holes or neutron stars in binary star systems - swarming around the Milky Way's own central supermassive black hole[/quote]

G'day from the land of ozzzzzzzz


BMAone23 said

[quote]Looks to me like if you connected the "Arc" and the "(new feature)Cane" you would get a halo around Sgr A which would then make the threads equivalent to Magnetic force spokes in a gigantic galactic wheel[/quote]

Do you remember this one?

The Galactic Center Radio Arc
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080427.html

[quote]The long parallel rays slanting across the top of the above radio image are known collectively as the Galactic Center Radio Arc and jut straight out from the Galactic plane. The Radio Arc is connected to the Galactic center by strange curving filaments known as the Arches.[/quote]

Looks to me like if you connected the "[i]Arc[/i]" and the "[i](new feature)Cane[/i]" you would get a halo around [i]Sgr A[/i] which would then make the [i]threads[/i] equivalent to Magnetic force spokes in a gigantic galactic wheel

G'day

Sometimes old images are not so bad

The Galactic Center - A Radio Mystery
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap990128.html

Looks like many Jet formations.