FLAMINGOS-2 image of the Milky Way Galactic Center
FLAMINGOS-2 image of the Milky Way Galactic Center where a supermassive black hole resides. Most of the stars seen here would invisible in an optical image (except for the foreground blue stars), the remaining stars are seen here becuase their near-infrared light is able to penetrate intervening clouds of gas and dust. This 3-color composite image combines the J-band (1.25 microns, blue), H-band (1.65 microns, green) and Ks-band (2.2 microns, red). The image has a total exposure (integration) of less than 10 minutes and a resolution of about 0.7 arcsecond.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/A. Gonzalez
About the Image
Id: | geminiann09018b |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | Sept. 16, 2009, 7:53 p.m. |
Related announcements: | geminiann09018 |
Size: | 500 x 490 px |
About the Object
Name: | Galactic Center, Milky Way |
Category: | Fulldome Galaxies |
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Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
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Infrared J | 1.25 μm | Gemini South FLAMINGOS 2 |
Infrared H | 1.65 μm | Gemini South FLAMINGOS 2 |
Infrared Ks | 2.2 μm | Gemini South FLAMINGOS 2 |