Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                              2024 November 24

         IFRAME: [2]https://www.youtube.com/embed/FNHexFdacK0?rel=0

                     Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
    Video Credit: [3]ESO/MPE/Nick Risinger ([4]skysurvey.org)/[5]VISTA/J.
                      Emerson/[6]Digitized Sky Survey 2

   Explanation: What lies at the center of our galaxy? In [7]Jules Verne's
   science fiction classic, [8]A Journey to the Center of the Earth,
   Professor Liedenbrock and his fellow explorers encounter many strange
   and exciting wonders. Astronomers already know of some of the bizarre
   objects that exist at our [9]Galactic Center, including [10]vast cosmic
   dust clouds, [11]bright star clusters, [12]swirling rings of gas, and
   even a [13]supermassive black hole. Much of the [14]Galactic Center is
   [15]shielded from our view in visible light by the intervening dust and
   gas, but it can be explored using [16]other forms of
   [17]electromagnetic radiation. The [18]featured video is actually a
   digital zoom into the [19]Milky Way's center which starts by utilizing
   visible light images from the [20]Digitized Sky Survey. As [21]the
   movie proceeds, the light shown shifts to dust-penetrating [22]infrared
   and highlights gas clouds that were recently [23]discovered in 2013 to
   be falling toward the central black hole.

                       Tomorrow's picture: dark horse
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