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Old 05-November-2009, 09:32 PM
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Awesome photo re the star factories at the center of our galaxy below...

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/image...ture_1439.html

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Not sure if any of these stars will be habitable in this part of the galaxy.
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Not sure if any of these stars will be habitable in this part of the galaxy.
Can you pick out the black hole in the picture? Its in there somewhere, I do believe. Galactic 'centers' aren't the best places to look for habitable star systems, IMHO

This site may be of interest as well; shows the Milky Way in many different wavelengths for a much more robust 'picture' overall -> http://mwmw.gsfc.nasa.gov/mmw_sci.html#maps

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Hi Alex

I knew that but, BHs are all over the galaxy.
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Can you pick out the black hole in the picture? Its in there somewhere, I do believe. Galactic 'centers' aren't the best places to look for habitable star systems, IMHO

This site may be of interest as well; shows the Milky Way in many different wavelengths for a much more robust 'picture' overall -> http://mwmw.gsfc.nasa.gov/mmw_sci.html#maps

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I would venture a guess that the central black hole is in the bright spot just right of center. Its silhouette would be a microscopically small dot at this image scale, and besides I would expect it to be obscured by the dense swarm of stars just in front of it from our viewpoint.
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Obligatory science link: Unprecedented 16-Year Long Study Tracks Stars Orbiting Milky Way Black Hole, 10 December 2008
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I would venture a guess that the central black hole is in the bright spot just right of center. Its silhouette would be a microscopically small dot at this image scale, and besides I would expect it to be obscured by the dense swarm of stars just in front of it from our viewpoint.
BTW thanks for hat link ALex.

I believe the central supermassive BH in the MW galaxy is 3.6M solar masses.

The center of the galaxy has a heavier concentration of stars, heavier concentration of radiation...less likely for habitable planets.
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So many stars. Like someone sneezed on the bowl of flour. What strangeness must they harbour?
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The universe brims with mystery...

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I might as well toss in this:

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA12348

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