The Milky Way and the location of its central black hole as viewed from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array

This image shows the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) looking up at the Milky Way as well as the location of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at our galactic centre. Highlighted in the box is the image of Sagittarius A* taken by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration. Located in the Atacama Desert in Chile, ALMA is the most sensitive of all the observatories in the EHT array, and ESO is a co-owner of ALMA on behalf of its European Member States.

Credit:

ESO/José Francisco Salgado (josefrancisco.org), EHT Collaboration

About the Image

Id:eso2208-eht-mwc
Type:Collage
Release date:12 May 2022, 15:07
Related releases:eso2212, eso2208-eht-mw
Size:4412 x 2832 px

About the Object

Name:Milky Way
Type:Milky Way
Category:ALMA
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