Galactic Center
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The Galactic Center is the barycenter of the Milky Way and a corresponding point on the rotational axis of the galaxy. Its central massive object is a supermassive black hole of about 4 million solar
The Galactic Center, as seen by one of the 2MASS infrared telescopes, is located in the bright upper left portion of the image.
There is a supermassive black hole in the bright white area to the right of the center of this wide (scrollable) image. This composite photograph covers about half of a degree.
The Galactic Center of the Milky Way and a meteor
Composite labeled image
Baade's Window
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Baade's Window is an area of the sky with relatively low amounts of interstellar dust along the line of sight from Earth. This area is considered an observational "window" as the normally obscured Gal
Near-Center of the Milky Way with Baade's Window shaded.
NGC 6522 (upper right) and NGC 6528 (lower left) are visible within Baade's Window.
The Milky Way Galaxy