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 __________________________________________________________________ [24]< | [25]Archive | [26]Submissions | [27]Index | [28]Search | [29]Calendar | [30]RSS | [31]Education | [32]About APOD | [33]Discuss | [34]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [35]Robert Nemiroff ([36]MTU) & [37]Jerry Bonnell ([38]UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn [39]Specific rights apply. [40]NASA Web Privacy, [41]Accessibility, [42]Notices; A service of: [43]ASD at [44]NASA / [45]GSFC, [46]NASA Science Activation & [47]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://www.youtube.com/embed/FNHexFdacK0?rel=0 3. http://www.eso.org/public/ 4. http://skysurvey.org/ 5. http://www.eso.org/public/teles-instr/surveytelescopes/vista.html 6. http://archive.eso.org/dss/dss 7. http://www.julesverne.ca/jvlinks.html 8. http://jv.gilead.org.il/wolcott/CE-allc/ 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100831.html 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120106.html 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap071219.html 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230403.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240401.html 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220202.html 15. https://files.ctctcdn.com/3a7f39ae001/aedd7697-f09f-4b3a-8f7b-256d0a0389bc.jpg 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap030712.html 17. https://science.nasa.gov/ems/01_intro 18. http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso1151d/ 19. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgr_A* 20. http://archive.eso.org/dss/dss 21. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNHexFdacK0 22. https://science.nasa.gov/ems/07_infraredwaves 23. http://www.universetoday.com/95982/gas-cloud-will-collide-with-our-galaxys-black-hole-in-2013/ 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241123.html 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 28. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 30. https://apod.com/feed.rss 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 33. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=241124 34. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241125.html 35. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 36. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 37. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 38. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 39. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 40. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 41. https://www.nasa.gov/general/accessibility/ 42. https://www.nasa.gov/privacy/ 43. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 44. https://www.nasa.gov/ 45. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 46. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 47. http://www.mtu.edu/