The Galactic Center is the rotational center of our home galaxy. It is located in the direction of the Sagittarius, Ophiuchus, and Scorpius Constellations where the Milky Way shines the most. It has been theorized that the Galactic Center is also home for a supermassive black hole. Because interstellar dust conceal the Galactic Center, studies at visible, ultraviolet or soft X-ray wavelengths are impossible to conduct. …
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MS 0735 galaxy cluster | A Big Bang old-timer
MS 0735 is a galaxy cluster, located in the Camelopardalis constellation. The image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys in February 2006 shows dozens of galaxies bound together by gravity. Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers discovered a supermassive black hole in bright central galaxy of MS 0735, which generated the …