Surface brightness profile of the Milky Way’s nuclear star cluster

[Context] Although the Milky Way nuclear star cluster (MWNSC) was discovered more than four decades ago, several of its key properties have not been determined unambiguously up to now because of the strong and spatially highly variable interstellar extinction toward the Galactic centre.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Schödel, Rainer, Feldmeier, A., Kunneriath, D., Stolovy, Susan, Neumayer, Nadine, Amaro-Seoane, P., Nishiyama, Shogo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/98521
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/98521
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Dust
Extinction
Galaxy: center
Galaxy: nucleus
Galaxy: structure
Galaxies: nuclei
Infrared: stars
Descripción
Sumario:[Context] Although the Milky Way nuclear star cluster (MWNSC) was discovered more than four decades ago, several of its key properties have not been determined unambiguously up to now because of the strong and spatially highly variable interstellar extinction toward the Galactic centre.