The Galactic Centre

the crowded core of the Milky Way

26,670 light-years from Earth

Millions of stars packed within a few light-years of Sgr A*, the magnetised threads of the Radio Arc, and the Central Molecular Zone, the densest gas in the galaxy.

• star density here is a million times the Sun's neighbourhood
• the night sky would hold thousands of stars brighter than Sirius

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galaxy

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Sagittarius A*