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Questions tagged [galactic-center]

For questions about our own Galactic Center, the region around Sagittarius A*. For center of galaxies other than the Milky Way, use the tag [galaxy-center].

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How do two supermassive black holes reach "the last parsec" in the case of merging galaxies?

This answer to Why can't supermassive black holes merge? (or can they?) describes the barrier to merging that two supermassive black holes face when two galaxies are in the process of merging or have "...
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Do we know at which angle the Event Horizon Telescope will look at the accretion disk of Sagittarius A*?

Do we know at which angle the Event Horizon Telescope will look at the accretion disk of Sagittarius A*? Additionally, would it matter if we are exactly in the plane with the accretion disk, i.e. ...
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