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Galactic Center

Galactic Center is the rotational and gravitational focal point of the Milky Way Galaxy, distinguished by a high density of stars, intense electromagnetic emissions, and the presence of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*.

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MONITORING STELLAR ORBITS AROUND THE MASSIVE BLACK HOLE IN THE GALACTIC CENTER

S. Gillessen, F. Eisenhauer, Sascha Trippe et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 2009 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way

Kazunori Akiyama, A. Alberdi, W. Alef et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2022 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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Evidence from the motions of old stars that the Galaxy collapsed.

O. J. Eggen, D. Lynden–Bell, Allan Sandage · The Astrophysical Journal · 1962 · 1.7K citations

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TRIGONOMETRIC PARALLAXES OF HIGH MASS STAR FORMING REGIONS: THE STRUCTURE AND KINEMATICS OF THE MILKY WAY

The Astrophysical Journal · 2014 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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The Galactic Center massive black hole and nuclear star cluster

R. Genzel, Frank Eisenhauer, S. Gillessen · Reviews of Modern Physics · 2010 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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  1. MM
    M. Morris

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    121 publications · 12.2K citations

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  2. RG
    R. Genzel

    Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany

    76 publications · 12.9K citations

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  3. AE
    A. Eckart

    University of Cologne, Germany

    71 publications · 8.2K citations

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  4. RS
    R. Schödel

    Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain

    73 publications · 7.5K citations

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  5. SG
    S. Gillessen

    Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany

    52 publications · 9.3K citations

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  1. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    97 h-index

    802 publications

    231K citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    86 h-index

    428 publications

    48.5K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    85 h-index

    1.8K publications

    262.5K citations

  4. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    85 h-index

    540 publications

    70.2K citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

    Bonn, Germany

    82 h-index

    1K publications

    280.1K citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

    Garching bei München, Germany

    74 h-index

    994 publications

    187.8K citations

  7. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    71 h-index

    568 publications

    59.3K citations

  8. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    62 h-index

    272 publications

    46.9K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 1.3K publications · 104.5K citations

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  2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    534 publications · 32.1K citations

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  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    333 publications · 21.1K citations

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  5. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

    JCAP · 127 publications · 8.1K citations

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