File:Galactic Center in Thermal IR (gemini-20080825-galactic-center-abu-0001).tiff

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The center of our Milky Way Galaxy showing emission from hot gas that will either form stars or feed the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.

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English: The center of our Milky Way Galaxy showing emission from hot gas that will either form stars or feed the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. Technical Details: The image quality for this Brackett-alpha (hydrogen) line image is FWHM=0.35 arcsec. This image was obtained with the "Abu" thermal-infrared camera built by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory.
Date 1 September 2004 (upload date)
Source Galactic Center in Thermal IR
Author International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/Abu Team
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