Center of The Milky Way: Wide-field View | ESO

Center of The Milky Way: Wide-field View | ESO

This visible light wide-field view shows the rich star clouds in the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer) in the direction of the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The entire image is filled with vast numbers of stars—but far more remain hidden behind clouds of dust and are only revealed in infrared images. This view was created from photographs in red and blue light and form part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is approximately 3.5 degrees x 3.6 degrees.

Distance: 25,000 light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO) and Digitized Sky Survey 2

Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin and S. Guisard

Release Date: May 12, 2022

#NASA #ESO #Astronomy #Space #Science #BlackHole #SagittariusA #SagittariusAAsterisk #Sagittarius #Constellation #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Cosmos #Universe #Telescope #Chile #Europe #STEM #Education