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APOD: Great Observatories Explore Galactic Center

apod.nasa.gov — A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

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  • moredown, on 11/11/2009, -4/+9Explanation: Where can a telescope take you? Four hundred years ago, a telescope took Galileo to the Moon to discover craters, to Saturn to discover rings, to Jupiter to discover moons, to Venus to discover phases, and to the Sun to discover spots. Today, in celebration of Galileo's telescopic achievements and as part of the International Year of Astronomy, NASA has used its entire fleet of Great Observatories, and the Internet, to bring the center of our Galaxy to you. Pictured above, in greater detail and in more colors than ever seen before, are the combined images of the Hubble Space Telescope in optical light, the Spitzer Space Telescope in infrared light, and the Chandra X-ray Observatory in X-ray light.
  • theatheist, on 11/11/2009, -1/+4Nothing short of Spectacular, this picture served chills down my spine
  • Baconation, on 11/11/2009, -1/+3How is this not being dugg?
  • viv25, on 11/11/2009, -2/+4Galileo discovered a great telescope nowdays we are using this for the universal discovery. Great Thank "Mr. Galileo"
  • DaviDTC, on 11/11/2009, -1/+1Rest of the explanation: A menagerie of vast stars fields are visible, along with dense star clusters, long filaments of gas and dust, expanding supernova remnants, and the energetic surroundings of what likely is our Galaxy's central black hole. Many of these features are labeled on a complementary annotated image. Of course, a telescope's magnification and light gathering ability creates only an image of what a human could see if visiting these places. To actually go requires rockets.
  • Fuzzycop, on 11/11/2009, -1/+1Why did you misspell "guys"?
  • thyme2set, on 11/12/2009, -1/+0gorgeous!
  • guibelmont, on 11/12/2009, -2/+0There are many objetcs in this picture, but no explanation about them. I find something and i think it's the pistol star. why can i know im right?
  • moby323, on 11/11/2009, -4/+1Why do you buys always misspell IPOD?

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