Submillimetre and infrared view of the Galactic Centre

This is a colour composite image of the central region of our Milky Way galaxy, about 26 000 light years from Earth. Giant clouds of gas and dust are shown in blue, as detected by the LABOCA instrument on the Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope at submillimetre wavelengths (870 micron). The image also contains near-infrared data from the 2MASS project at K-band (in red), H-band (in green), and J-band (in blue). The image shows a region approximately 100 light-years wide.

Crédit:

ESO/APEX/2MASS/A. Eckart et al.

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso0841a
Type:Observation
Date de publication:18 novembre 2008
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso0841
Taille:3000 x 3000 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:Milky Way Galactic Centre
Type:Milky Way : Galaxy : Component : Center/Core
Distance:25000 années lumière
Constellation:Sagittarius
Catégorie:Galaxies

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Coordinates

Position (RA):17 45 36.60
Position (Dec):-29° 0' 6.51"
Field of view:16.67 x 16.67 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 1.6° right of vertical

Couleurs & filtres

DomaineLongueur d'ondeTélescope
Infrarouge
J
1.235 μm Other
N/A
Millimétrique
Submillimetre
870 μmAtacama Pathfinder Experiment
LABOCA
Infrarouge
H
1.662 μm Other
N/A
Infrarouge
K
2.159 μm Other
N/A