Compass/Scale annotated image of the centre of the Milky Way
Credit:
NASA, ESA, SSC, CXC and STScI
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo0928f |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 10 November 2009, 17:00 |
| Size: | 1500 x 3000 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Milky Way Center, Sagittarius |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Galaxy : Component : Center/Core |
| Distance: | 25000 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| X-ray | Chandra ACIS |
| Optical | Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS |
| Infrared | Spitzer Space Telescope IRAC |
