Earliest Phase of Star Formation Ever Observed in Highly Hostile Environment
An ALMA image of the center of the Milky Way galaxy showing the location of 11 young protostars within about 3 light-years of our galaxy’s supermassive black hole. The lines indicate the direction of the bipolar lobes created by high-velocity jets from the protostars. The illustrated star in the middle of the image indicates the location of Sagittarius A*, the 4 million solar mass supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. The next image is a zoom-in to one of the protostars.
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Yusef-Zadeh et al.; B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF)
| Technical Details | |
|---|---|
| Telescope | ALMA; ALMA; ALMA |
| Band | 4; 4; 4 |
| Center | RA: 17:45:40.04, Dec: -29:00:28.19 |
| Field of View | 0.99 x 0.99 arcminutes |
