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Milky Way

Post by Blue Gaze » Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:18 pm

What is at the center of our galaxy?
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Re: Milky Way

Post by neufer » Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:24 pm

Blue Gaze wrote:What is at the center of our galaxy?
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081211.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081110.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070418.html
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Re: Milky Way

Post by bystander » Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:33 pm

Chandra: Sagittarius A*: Milky Way Monster Stars in Cosmic Reality Show
Chandra Explores "Downtown" In The Milky Way

Wiki: Sagittarius A
Wiki: Sagittarius A*

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Credit: NASA/G.Garmire (PSU)/F.Baganoff (MIT)
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Re: Milky Way

Post by harry » Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:28 pm

G'day from the land of ozzzzzzzzz

Nice links
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Re: Milky Way

Post by BMAONE23 » Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:01 pm

Here are some more good ones
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090614.html
here is another great image a little closer in than the last one
Or this in visible light
And in Radio
this one is really close
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Re: Milky Way

Post by apodman » Sun Jul 19, 2009 2:30 am

BMAONE23 wrote:this one is really close
Where is Trantor?
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