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[edit] Black Hole

The second half of the article stated unequivocally that there is a black hole at the Galactic Center. The first half qualified this, and implied that there might not be.

There is a published article in the journal Nature that states there is no doubt that there is a black hole in the center. I edited this article to reflect that certainty. At this point (six years later) there are numerous confirming articles.

Any editor who wishes to change that must cite a reliable reference.

Nick Beeson (talk) 03:23, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Notes for Editors

Two notes for future editors :-

  1. Capitalisation - it is the Galactic Center (capital G capital C) because it is the centre of a specific galaxy, namely the Milky Way, so it is a proper noun - just like Central Park, the Panama Canal, the Eddystone Lighthouse etc etc.
  2. Spelling - the originator of the article used the American English spelling "Center" so I have retained it throughout the article for consistency. -- Gandalf61

I find "It is located at a distance of about 8 kiloparsecs in the brightest part of the Milky Way, in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius" confusing, but I'm not sure how to clean it up. One step forward would be to indicate that the distance is from earth, and it's probably better to use light years instead of kiloparsecs. Could somebody who knows more about astronomy take a swing at it? Thanks! --William Pietri 08:15, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] It has a name

The name of the Milky Way's galactic center is the Shapley Center. I just added a redirect so that name redirects here. However, the name of this article should be about galactic centers in general. For instance, does the center of Andromeda Galaxy have a name?--Will 05:17, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Though apparently used in Star Trek, I was unable to uncover any evidence the name Shapley Center had been used in scientific publications. I am quite confident therefore that simply calling it the Galactic Center is the most common name. Dragons flight 14:27, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
What can I say, Star Trek writers were able to search for information more effeicient than people armed by modern days search engines. Check this out. 195.137.203.137
Added a reference to this guy 195.137.203.137

[edit] Deleted Astrological Cr*p

Deleted Astrological Cr*p —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 194.176.105.40 (talk) 10:22, 2 March 2007 (UTC).

that's funny, because i came to this article looking for astrological crap, ie the mayan calendar coinciding with the alignment of the sun and galactic center in 2012. if it doesnt belong here, can there at least be a link to the info located elsewhere? 76.217.120.247 15:58, 6 July 2007 (UTC)


CAN I JUST SAY I AGREE!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.171.184.67 (talk) 00:23, August 30, 2007 (UTC)

If you really want to look up astrological information, try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Astrology. Not an astronomy article. Metaphysically (talk) 08:53, 30 April 2008 (UTC)