Wisconsin: Peering Under Dust Reveals Radiation at Galactic Center

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Wisconsin: Peering Under Dust Reveals Radiation at Galactic Center

Post by bystander » Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:12 pm

Peering Under Galactic Dust, Study Reveals Radiation at Center of Milky Way
University of Wisconsin, Madison | 2020 Jul 06
Thanks to 20 years of homegrown galactic data, astronomers ... have finally figured out just how much energy permeates the center of the Milky Way.

The researchers say it could one day help astronomers track down where all that energy comes from. Understanding the source of the radiation could help explain not only the nature of the Milky Way, but the countless others that resemble it.

...[researchers]... report that the Milky Way’s center occupies a middle ground of galactic radiation levels known as a LINER-type galaxy.

In many ways, the Milky Way is among the most mysterious galaxies. Although we call it home, our view of the galaxy’s dense and active center is blocked by immense clouds of dust. However, working with the Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper telescope, (WHAM), the researchers recently stumbled onto a fortuitous path toward understanding more about the energy at the center of the Milky Way. ...

Discovery of Diffuse Optical Emission Lines from the Inner Galaxy:
Evidence for LI(N)ER-like Gas
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