ACADEMIA
Animated sequence of the VLTI images of stars around the Milky Way’s central black hole
This animation shows the orbits of the stars S29 and S55 as
they move close to Sgr A* (centre), the supermassive black hole at
the heart of the Milky Way.As we follow the stars along in their
orbits, we see real images of the region obtained with the GRAVITY
instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) in
March, May, June and July 2021.In addition to S29 and S55, the
images als...
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