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The photo of the week: the intense activity near the galactic core

Rome, Italy - From NASA, image never seen, obtained combining the observations by Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra

The photo of the week by AVIONEWS represents this spectacular image, observations using infrared light and X-rays reveal the intense activity near the galactic core, located within the bright white region to the right of and just below the middle of the image. "In this spectacular image, observations using infrared light and X-ray light see through the obscuring dust and reveal the intense activity...

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Rome, Italy, 11/11/2009 17:29
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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