The Galactic Center is the barycenter of the Milky Way and a corresponding point on the rotational axis of the galaxy.
The Galactic Center is the barycenter of the Milky Way and a corresponding point on the rotational axis of the galaxy. Its central massive object is a supermassive black hole of about 4 million solar masses, which is called Sagittarius A*, part of which is a very compact radio source arising from a bright spot in the region around the black hole, near the event horizon. The Galactic Center is approximately 8 kiloparsecs (26,000 ly) away from Earth in the direction of the constellations Sagittarius, Ophiuchus, and Scorpius, where the Milky Way appears brightest, visually close to the Butterfly Cluster (M6) or the star Lambda Scorpii, south to the Pipe Nebula.
[Source: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_Center]
Exposure 22 sub frames @30 sec
ISO 2500
Camera Nikon D600 [6016 x 4016]
Optics Nikkor 24-70 mm at 32 mm f/3.5 on a Star Watcher Star Adventurer equitorial mount.
Location The SPACE Lodge near San Pedro de Atacama.
Date 2018-04-13
Processing Processed in PixInsight and Lightroom.
