The centre of the Milky Way

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Feb 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993natur.361..417b&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 361, no. 6411, p. 417-424.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Photometry, Galactic Nuclei, Milky Way Galaxy, Star Clusters, Gas Dynamics, X Ray Astronomy

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Direct photometric evidence has established that the central bulge of our Galaxy (the Milky Way) is actually a stellar bar. The dynamics of the bar will drive material into the Galaxy's center but recent X-ray observations suggest that much of the inflowing gas is driven out again in a high-pressure galactic wind. A small portion of the remainder appears to be falling onto an extraordinarily dense cluster of stars at the Galaxy's nucleus, which may contain a massive black hole.

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