SOHO views the center of the Milky Way

[MeteorWayne]

<p>Here's the current .gif loop of the C3 camera on SOHO</p><p>http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/LATEST/current_c3.gif</p><p>The object moving slower than the stars below and to the right of the sun is Mars, just coming out of solar conjunction, so data from the many craft on and around Mars will resume shortly (Sadly, not Phoenix)</p><p>The fuzzy cloud approaching from the lower left is the central region of the Milky Way in Sagittarius. The Center of the Milky Way (with the black hole) is directly below the sun, just outside the frame. You can see a number of the clusters of stars in Sag close to the center of the Milky Way approaching from the left.</p><p>Here's the latest still:</p><p><br />http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Forums/#<br /><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/1/2/016199f4-7d75-417e-b298-891ebe3111c2.Medium.jpg" alt="" /><br /></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[3488]

<p><font size="2"><strong>Only in the last 24hrs the Sun as seen from Earth has moved from Ophiuchus into Sagittarius.</strong></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong>The SOHO shot is incredible. Like Mars appearing to pull away from the Sun on the right, means we will get the full data returns from the Mars orbiters & MERs. </strong></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong>I agree completely Wayne, it is hugely sad Phoenix will not be one of them.&nbsp;</strong></font></p><p><font size="2"><strong>Andrew Brown.&nbsp;</strong></font></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>

 

[michaelmozina]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>Here's the current .gif loop of the C3 camera on SOHOhttp://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/LATEST/current_c3.gifThe object moving slower than the stars below and to the right of the sun is Mars, just coming out of solar conjunction, so data from the many craft on and around Mars will resume shortly (Sadly, not Phoenix)The fuzzy cloud approaching from the lower left is the central region of the Milky Way in Sagittarius. The Center of the Milky Way (with the black hole) is directly below the sun, just outside the frame. You can see a number of the clusters of stars in Sag close to the center of the Milky Way approaching from the left.Here's the latest still: <br /> Posted by MeteorWayne</DIV></p><p>Cool.&nbsp; Thanks for the info.&nbsp; I wondered about this a few days ago while looking at the SOHO images, but I didn't see your post until today. </p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> It seems to be a natural consequence of our points of view to assume that the whole of space is filled with electrons and flying electric ions of all kinds. - Kristian Birkeland </div>

 

[3488]

<p><font size="4">Sun Tuesday 23rd December 2008 @ 17:18 HRS UTC.</font></p><p><strong><font size="2">The galactic centre is just to the bottom right of the Sun.</font></strong> </p><p><font size="2"><strong>Worth mentioning, if there is a full moon around the June Solstice, it will appear within this area. What SOHO is looking at now, will be in June's midnight skies.</strong></font></p><p><img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/11/6/3b79b13a-9d2b-4d95-a6e6-9680bbabdf06.Medium.jpg" alt="" /><br />&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2"><strong>Andrew Brown.</strong></font></p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>