The UCLA Galactic Center Group has been tracking specific stars orbiting the black hole at the center of our Galaxy for more than 20 years. These are the orbits of the stars in its vicinity [source, video: buff.ly/2jffcrX]
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That upward-going light green one seems to be not-at-all affected by the monster. 😉
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I am always amazed by this video. Can someone please explain:
1. How come these stars are visible through all the other stars and dust through the dense part of our galaxy all the way to the core, and
2. Why is there no glowing disc around the black hole
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The G forces on the star's 180 turn , with the straight trajectory , must have been insane .
