"Stars at the Galactic Center"


	"Stars at the Galactic Center"

violetnightshade

6-15-2009 9:40 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f95422f9-f132-427e-bc6d-e54ccad6caa9/B4F51563-B7B6-47A8-8E83-C7D80F8C106E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090614.html" href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090614.html" style="font-size: 11px;">antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090614.html"><H1> Astronomy Picture of the Day </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090614.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/img/4F1CF32F-B1CF-4076-AAC7-70CFDEFE48DD" alt="See Explanation.  Clicking on the picture will download
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<B> Explanation: </B>
<A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040411.html">The center</A>
of our Milky Way Galaxy
<A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051004.html">is hidden</A>
from the prying eyes of optical telescopes by clouds of
obscuring dust and gas.
But in <A href="http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/releases/
ssc2006-02/ssc2006-02a.shtml">this stunning vista</A>,
the Spitzer Space Telescope's
<A href="http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_classroom/
ir_tutorial/importance.html">infrared</A> cameras, penetrate
much of the
<A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_SOytjGxlM">dust revealing</A> the stars of the crowded
<A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_center">galactic center</A>
region.
A mosaic of many smaller snapshots, the detailed,
<A href="http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/releases/
ssc2006-02/release.shtml">false-color image shows</A>
older, cool stars in bluish hues.
Reddish glowing dust clouds are associated with
young, hot stars in stellar nurseries.
The very center of the Milky Way was only
<A href="http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/releases/ssc2009-13/release.shtml">recently found capable</A> of forming
<A href="http://www.universetoday.com/2009/06/10/astronomers-announce-first-newborn-stars-at-milky-ways-core/">newborn stars</A>.
The <A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051023.html">galactic center</A>
lies some 26,000 light-years away, toward the constellation
<A href="http://hawastsoc.org/deepsky/sgr/index.html">Sagittarius</A>.
At that distance, this picture spans about 900 light-years.
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