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	Image Gallery > Featured Image on September 23, 2009 Send to a friend  Enlarge image Keywords X-Ray Astronomy  Milky Way Galaxy  Chandra X-Ray Observatory  Black Holes  Resources FAQs about Galaxies and Cosmology Astronomy Gift Shop 2009 Sky Almanac Pentax 10x50 binoculars McDonald Observatory logo cap Hotter Galaxy    Hot stars, clouds of gas, star clusters, and disks of gas around black holes decorate the center of the Milky Way galaxy in this newly released X-ray image from Chandra X-Ray Observatory. The supermassive black hole at the galaxy's heart is in the bright cloud of material at the center of the image. The brightest X-rays, which are produced by the hottest objects, are white. Cooler objects are coded in yellow, orange, red, and blue. The center of the galaxy is about 27,000 light-years away. [NASA/CXC/U.Mass/D.Wang et al] For more information, visit StarDate's Black Holes Encyclopedia. Show all images about: All Categories Earth, Moon and the Sun The Solar System Space Probes & Human Exploration Stars & Nebulae Astronomers & Observatories Galaxies & Cosmology Stargazing & Star Lore
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