Galactic Center in Thermal IR

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.

Créditos:

International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/Abu Team

About the Image

Id:gemini-20080825-galactic-center-abu-0001
Tipo:Observation
Release date:1 de Septiembre de 2004
Size:512 x 512 px

Sobre el Objeto

Nombre:Galactic Center
Constellation:Sagittarius
Categoría:Galaxies
Nebulae

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Coordenadas

ObjectValue
Posición (AR):17 45 40.22
Posición (Dec):-29° 0' 25.47"
Campo visual:0.72 x 0.72 arcminutes
Orientación:North is 0.7° right of vertical


Colores y Filtros

BandaLongitud de OndaTelescopio
Infrared
Brackett-alpha
4.051 μmGemini South
Abu