Image: SgrAWest BEAR
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Description: The Sagittarius A West complex of ionized gas here observed in the Bracket gamma line of ionized Hydrogen) has the apparent shape of a three-arm spiral. The image above was produced using data obtained with the BEAR spectro-imager on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. The color shades represent different radial velocities, explicited on the spectrum in the upper-left inset, which corresponds to the selected pixel.
Title: SgrAWest BEAR
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Author: Thibaut Paumard
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