
Ep. 643: Sagittarius A*
Astronomy Cast
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Is the Supermassor Black Hole in the Milky Way?
This was one of the big questions, and i actually had asked a couple of people this question. And so now we do have that answer. It's not pointed directly, but it is within 30 degrees of us,. which gave a very unique view down into the into the ba hole. The supermassof black hole is roughly face on to us from our prospect. Its north pole is pointed vaguely at us, and we see counter clockwise rotation. I'm beyond that. It has absolutely no evidence of any jet activity, absolutely at all. We already knew it was going to be physically tiny, because we've seen stars going around it. This is what last year's noble prize in
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