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Old 04-27-2009, 04:11 AM   #7
J_rod7
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Default Re: The Upcoming Celestial Events thread

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LOVE the Mosaic, good find Orion11

Here are two nebula East and West of Sgr A* =

This oval, shell-like feature is thought to be a supernova remnant, material from which may help fuel an accretion disk. (The red point in the image is the Sgr A* radio source.)


Sgr A* East



Sgr A* West =
Recent observations of atomic hydrogen gas suggest that some of these filamentary structures are part of massive cloud falling in toward the Galactic Center.




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