this is what the center of our galaxy looks like

roid · Post by **roid** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:58 am

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap041107.html

pretty cool huh. you can really see the spiraling dust clouds (well, imagine the spiraling anyway). the brightest point houses the black-hole that is theorised to be at the center of our neat little milky way galaxy, and keeps it all doing what galaxys do (spin spin!). it's bright, coz it's hot

, think of it glowing red with heat.

to tell the truth i havn't really had a clue where the center of the galaxy is in the night sky, too bad we can't see it with the naked eye huh. the cosmic dust (thickest around the center of the galaxy) blanks it all out.

Darkside Heartless · Post by **Darkside Heartless** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:01 am

Very cool

I've been into the whole astronomy thing for a while, more into the sun though. The distances are Mind bogglingly enormous.

I have a .gif of the X-17 class solar flare we had a few years ago. I'll post it if I can find it

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:55 pm

Hey, that looks like the stereo static I saw once on a bad acid trip.

Phoenix Red · Post by **Phoenix Red** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 4:29 pm

how fast does that dust spin?

Nitrofox125 · Post by **Nitrofox125** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 5:15 pm

i love astronomy too. I always wondered why large black holes were theorized to be at the center of galaxies, but it does make sense... large conglomeration of stuff, matter, there should be something really massive in the center.

I love that site. Thanks for the pic Roid.

Nitrofox125 · Post by **Nitrofox125** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 5:16 pm

edit- oh wow it worked. double post.

MehYam · Post by **MehYam** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 7:05 pm

Yahoo News is a good source for astronomy mind candy. Here's an example:

Stellar black holes -- the remains of collapsed stars, are common. They typically harbor as much mass as a few suns. And for years, scientists have known there are supermassive black holes in many galaxies; one with the mass of more than three million suns anchors the Milky Way.

Ain't Skeird · Post by **Ain't Skeird** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 6:11 pm

Phoenix Red wrote:how fast does that dust spin?

The radial velocity of the dust/gas differs with distance from the center...as it approaches the event horizon,{visible edge of the black hole}
it is accelerated to nearly the speed of light.

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 8:08 pm

roar...

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:36 pm

You know those pictures are neither funny nor amusing every single time I've seen them.

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:47 pm

oh yeah?

I wouldn't have to use them so much if people would stop bringing threads back from the dead. Thread necromancy is becoming a real epidemic at the DBB.

Phaser · Post by **Phaser** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:53 pm

Tyranny wrote:roar...

Do u make those????^^^^

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Thu Dec 16, 2004 11:57 pm

yea those pictures are pretty much as lame if not MORE lame than thread necromancy.

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 4:49 am

*sigh*, just putting a stamp on threads that keep getting dug up after they've already died. If you guys hate them so much I'll stop I guess.

Just trying to have a little fun. It's getting boring around here.

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Fri Dec 17, 2004 7:10 am

Mobius wrote:...I saw once on a bad acid trip.

Now the truth comes out about AcidusDropius

this is what the center of our galaxy looks like

this is what the center of our galaxy looks like

dust velocity