The Center of our Milky Way Galaxy
nrao_NRAO_Gallery023
Credit: Composite by B. Saxton using data from N.E. Kassim, T.J.W. Lazio, T.N. Larosa, D.S. Briggs; NRAO/AUI/NSF
Through the layers of dust that shroud the center of our galaxy from optical telescopes lurks a complex hub of activity. In this wide field Very Large Array (VLA) image, the supermassive black hole in the center of our Galaxy shines brightly in radio waves. Surrounding it are the winds and rivers of material caught in its gravitiational and magnetic wakes. Bubbles of star-formation and supernovas scatter around.
Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Image Source: https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/the-center-of-our-milky-way-galaxy/
Curator: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
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Image Details
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Position Details
Color Mapping
- ID
- NRAO_Gallery023
- Subject Category
- B.5.4.6
- Subject Name
- Galactic Center, Milky Way
- Credits
- Composite by B. Saxton using data from N.E. Kassim, T.J.W. Lazio, T.N. Larosa, D.S. Briggs; NRAO/AUI/NSF
- Release Date
- Lightyears
- 2.6E+04
- Redshift
- 2.6E+04
- Reference Url
- https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/the-center-of-our-milky-way-galaxy/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- 2MASS, 2MASS, 2MASS, VLA
- Instrument
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue, Orange
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Radio
- Bandpass
- I, I, I, P
- Central Wavelength
- 1.65E+03, 1.25E+03, 2.17E+03, 9.00563E+08
- Start Time
- 2012-04-16T12:49:17-04:00, 2012-04-16T12:48:48-04:00, 2012-04-16T12:49:49-04:00, 1989-03-18
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 266.41666666667, -29.00750000000
- Reference Dimension
- 1020, 837
- Reference Pixel
- 510.58628386786, 419.70452769382
- Scale
- -0.00194716434, 0.00194716434
- Rotation
- 1.36071898692
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
- Creator (Curator)
- NRAO/AUI/NSF
- URL
- https://public.nrao.edu
- Name
- NRAO/AUI/NSF
- outreach@nrao.edu
- Telephone
- Address
- 520 Edgemont Road
- City
- Charlottesville
- State/Province
- Virginia
- Postal Code
- 22903
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
- Publisher
- NRAO/AUI/NSF
- Publisher ID
- nrao
- Resource ID
- Resource URL
- https://public.nrao.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/combo.jpg
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2018-04-12T19:07:19+00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
