Galactic Center (Survey)
Multiwavelength Close-Up
A multiwavelength close-up of the recent massive star-forming region near the Galactic center. The color image, plotted also in standard Galactic coordinates, is a composite of 20-cm radio continuum (red; ref. 26); 25-µm mid-infrared (green; ref. 16); and 6.4-keV line emission (blue).
(Credit: X-ray: NASA/UMass/D.Wang et al., Radio: NRAO/AUI/NSF/NRL/N.Kassim, Mid-Infrared: MSX)
A multiwavelength close-up of the recent massive star-forming region near the Galactic center. The color image, plotted also in standard Galactic coordinates, is a composite of 20-cm radio continuum (red; ref. 26); 25-µm mid-infrared (green; ref. 16); and 6.4-keV line emission (blue).
(Credit: X-ray: NASA/UMass/D.Wang et al., Radio: NRAO/AUI/NSF/NRL/N.Kassim, Mid-Infrared: MSX)
Galactic Center (Survey) Labeled
Image
This 400 by 900 light-year mosaic of several Chandra images of the central region of our Milky Way galaxy reveals hundreds of white dwarf stars, neutron stars, and black holes bathed in an incandescent fog of multimillion-degree gas. Key sources have been labeled.
Credit: NASA/UMass/D.Wang et al.
This 400 by 900 light-year mosaic of several Chandra images of the central region of our Milky Way galaxy reveals hundreds of white dwarf stars, neutron stars, and black holes bathed in an incandescent fog of multimillion-degree gas. Key sources have been labeled.
Credit: NASA/UMass/D.Wang et al.
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