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Laser Guide Star Images of the the Galactic Center



Caption:
An HKL-band color mosaic: H(1.8 microns) = blue, K'(2.2 microns) = green, L'(3.8 microns) = red. The white arrow marks the position of the supermassive black hole.

Other Images:
Same image as above, with the young stars marked with red crosses. in different formats:
  • PNG, hires (2 MB)
  • EPS, hires (17 MB)
Same image as above but without the young stars marked.
  • JPEG (100 KB)
  • PNG, hires (2 MB)
  • EPS, hires (17 MB)
Zoom in on central arcsec:
Combined 2 panel image
Flash Movie
References and Credit:
UCLA Galactic Center Group
W.M. Keck Observatory Laser Team
Last updated: Friday, 16-Jul-2010 15:42:36 PDT.
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