Questions tagged [galaxy-center]
Questions regarding the inner portion of a galaxy; in the Milky Way, this is the area around Sagittarius A*.
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How far have stars been seen beyond the center of the Milky Way?
What lies near the center of the galaxy is of great interest and in recent times the motion of dozen(s) of stars at the center of our galaxy orbiting around Sgr A* have been measured in great detail. ...
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The activity of the galactic nucleus is cyclic?
Are there observations/theoretical calculations that prove or disprove a cyclic activity of the galactic nucleus (I mean the nucleus is active than stops than become newly active with a time ...
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Torus of the AGN
How much do we know about the structure of the torus surrounding the galactic nuclei? Is the shape defined or still under speculations? And are there different structures for this torus possible i.e., ...
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Data on galactocentric distances of various stars?
I'm creating a project for my astronomy class (introductory course) that requires knowledge of the galactocentric distances for many stars. I'm struggling to find a good source on this, and I'd rather ...
