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by Amateur
Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:55 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Jan 07, The Galactic Core in Infrared - Mr. Potato HEAD???
Replies: 9
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Re: Galactic Core in Infrared (2009 Jan 7) Mr. Potato, Satur

Oh right, like that one I got just the other day
:lol:
bystander wrote:
Amateur wrote:Any APOD posted yet which might represent such an image ?
Any such pictures would of necessity be artist interpretations only! Unless, of course, our galactic center neighbors sent us pictures. :wink:
by Amateur
Wed Jan 07, 2009 4:08 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Jan 07, The Galactic Core in Infrared - Mr. Potato HEAD???
Replies: 9
Views: 2721

Re: Galactic Core in Infrared (2009 Jan 7) Mr. Potato, Satur

Very interesting. The comment on Saturn plus the text "objects less than 20x our solar system are discernible" got me wondering how it would look if HST and Spitzer took a similar shot from Galactic centre towards our solar system ? I guess we are surrounded by similarly much gas and dust ...