APOD: The Galactic Center in Infrared (2021 Apr 19)
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 4:05 am
The Galactic Center in Infrared
Explanation: What does the center of our galaxy look like? In visible light, the Milky Way's center is hidden by clouds of obscuring dust and gas. But in this stunning vista, the Spitzer Space Telescope's infrared cameras, penetrate much of the dust revealing the stars of the crowded galactic center region. A mosaic of many smaller snapshots, the detailed, false-color image shows older, cool stars in bluish hues. Red and brown glowing dust clouds are associated with young, hot stars in stellar nurseries. The very center of the Milky Way has recently been [url=https://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/ss ... tic-center" >found capable</a> of forming <a href="http://www.universetoday.com/2009/06/10 ... ways-core/]newborn stars[/url]. The galactic center lies some 26,700 light-years away, toward the constellation Sagittarius. At that distance, this picture spans about 900 light-years.
Explanation: What does the center of our galaxy look like? In visible light, the Milky Way's center is hidden by clouds of obscuring dust and gas. But in this stunning vista, the Spitzer Space Telescope's infrared cameras, penetrate much of the dust revealing the stars of the crowded galactic center region. A mosaic of many smaller snapshots, the detailed, false-color image shows older, cool stars in bluish hues. Red and brown glowing dust clouds are associated with young, hot stars in stellar nurseries. The very center of the Milky Way has recently been [url=https://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/ss ... tic-center" >found capable</a> of forming <a href="http://www.universetoday.com/2009/06/10 ... ways-core/]newborn stars[/url]. The galactic center lies some 26,700 light-years away, toward the constellation Sagittarius. At that distance, this picture spans about 900 light-years.
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