The Black Hole in the Galactic Center

The Milky Way

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The solar system is located in the Milky Way and rotates with many other stars around the Galactic Center. The Galactic Center is obscured from our view by large amounts of dust in the Galactic Disk. Therefore one has to observe it in radio and infrared radiation which can penetrate the dust.


(Figure: Near-infrared view of the Milky Way)


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