SkyChart III Student Version Projects Instructor’s Notes Chapter 13 NEUTRON STARS AND BLACK HOLES Strange States of Matter 13.1 LOOKING AT THE CENTER OF THE MILKY WAY GALAXY Figure 83. The center of our galaxy, an enormous black hole, is located near X Sgr. 13.2 THE MILKY WAY AS SEEN FROM OUR NEAREST GALACTIC NEIGHBOR From M31, you would expect that the stars (all part of the Milky Way) would cluster around the Sun. This does not happen, because many stars do not have any distance in the database. So it is assumed that they are always at the same location no matter where you are looking from. This works well for locations in the solar system but fails catastrophically from far away. This is a reminder always to be careful about analyzing what a program shows. 80
Chapter 13 NEUTRON STARS AND BLACK HOLESwps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/679/695393/SCXIM_Ch13.pdfNEUTRON STARS AND BLACK HOLES Strange States of Matter 13.1 LOOKING AT THE CENTER
SkyChart III Student Version Projects Instructor’s Notes
Chapter 13 NEUTRON STARS AND BLACK HOLES Strange States of
Matter 13.1 LOOKING AT THE CENTER OF THE MILKY WAY GALAXY
Figure 83. The center of our galaxy, an enormous black hole, is
located near X Sgr. 13.2 THE MILKY WAY AS SEEN FROM OUR NEAREST
GALACTIC NEIGHBOR From M31, you would expect that the stars (all
part of the Milky Way) would cluster around the Sun. This does not
happen, because many stars do not have any distance in the
database. So it is assumed that they are always at the same
location no matter where you are looking from. This works well for
locations in the solar system but fails catastrophically from far
away. This is a reminder always to be careful about analyzing what
a program shows.
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SkyChart III Student Version Projects Instructor’s Notes
