Re: Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - Aug 29

On 30 Αύγ, 20:04, Michael McCulloch <micha...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:59:49 -0700 (PDT), Anthony Ayiomamitis

<ayiomami...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Milky Way's Central Monster Measured
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August 28, 2008 |  Astronomers have refined the mass of the Milky
Way's central black hole by tracking the orbits of several stars
whizzing around it. The job hasn't been easy.
Read More at:http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/27621359.html

This particular story also caught my attention. Part of the reason is
that I have an outstanding item on my list of targets to image the
center of our Milky Way.

Not much to image in visual wavelengths except darkish dust clouds.
;-)

Just as an intellectual exercise and to satisfy my curiosity.

Anthony.


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Michael McCulloch

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