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To: wendy1946

Obviously that is a huge galaxy. Is that a quasar on the lower right? The thing is so bright it is burning up the film/ccd.


35 posted on 07/14/2010 6:15:03 AM PDT by valkyry1
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To: valkyry1

That entire image at the top is the center of our own galaxy from xray telescopes. The bright red thing I believe is Sagatarus A (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_A*) which some view as a ‘black hole’, assuming they believe in black holes...


36 posted on 07/14/2010 2:59:59 PM PDT by wendy1946
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