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I'm not an astronomer as evidenced by this question: What's the bright glowing light that's partially cropped in the lower left of the image? Is that a large s
by maroonblazer 10y ago
I'm not an astronomer as evidenced by this question:
What's the bright glowing light that's partially cropped in the lower left of the image? Is that a large star cluster? Or a single star? Or something else?
- 6nf 10y agoYes it's a large cluster of stars. At the very center of the galaxy you will also find a supermassive black hole.
- Zaheer 10y agoIs there a name for that super massive black hole? (serious question) Just curious to learn more.
- spdustin 10y agoI don't believe they've ever named it; it is indeed "supermassive" (around 2.3 billion of our suns). The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way is called Sagittarius A* ("Sagittarius A-Star"), the only named supermassive black hole I could find in any reports.
- mirimir 10y agoFor context, see https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1502c/ https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1502c/