galactic center
(galactic core, center of the Milky Way)
(region at the middle of the Milky Way)
The galactic center (or galactic core) is
the middle of the Milky Way, around 8 kpc distant
in the direction of the constellation, Sagittarius.
Dust obscures observation,
but a supermassive black hole (SMBH) known as Sagittarius A* has been discerned.
Surrounding the SMBH is a compact stellar nucleus,
and around that is the galactic bulge, a dense grouping of
stars, and around that is a bar, some kpc in length.
(Milky Way,galaxy nucleus)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_Center
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=galactic+center
https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/c/centre+of+the+milky+way
| Redshift | Parsecs
/Distance | Lightyears
/Lookback Years | | |
| ~0 | 8kpc | 26.0kly | | galactic center |
|
| Coordinates: | galactic center
J174540.04-290028.1 |
|
Referenced by pages:
Anticenter Shell
apsis
astronomical quantities
astronomical unit (AU)
Baade's Window
bulge
carbon planet
Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO)
Cygnus-X
dark matter detector
Event Horizon Telescope (EHT)
galactic anticenter
galactic bulge
galactic coordinate system (GCS)
galactic plane
galactic tide
Gould's Belt
hypervelocity star (HVS)
kinematic distance
local standard of rest (LSR)
Oort constants
radial velocity (RV)
radio source (RS)
rare designator prefixes
red clump (RC)
scale height (H)
Schwarzschild radius (RS)
SGR J1745-2900
solar circle
Sun
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