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These images are either real or derived directly from data (the centroids of images, I imagine): http://www.galacticcenter.astro.ucla.edu/animations.html http:
by ISL 8y ago
These images are either real or derived directly from data (the centroids of images, I imagine):
http://www.galacticcenter.astro.ucla.edu/animations.html http://www.galacticcenter.astro.ucla.edu/animations.html
The top one "Stellar Orbits in the Central Parsec" is particularly remarkable. I can recall when the movie was first being made, and Andrea Ghez suggesting that, well, in about a decade, that one star will come back around....
Good things come to those who wait, prepare, and pounce.