Week 20, 2022: The Milky Way's Central Black Hole Imaged for the First Time!
The supermassive black hole from the center of the Milky Way called Sagittarius A*
On May 12, 2022, the Event Horizon Telescope has publicly revealed the actual image of the supermassive black hole from the center of our own galaxy, the Milky Way! At around 27,000 light-years distant from Earth, it is the second such black hole imaged after Pōwehi, the central black hole from Messier 87, in 2019.
You can download the Milky Way Center addon to view this magnificent black hole in Celestia
Source: Event Horizon Telescope
Newest Addons of the Month
These are the newest and updated add-ons available for download in the past 49 days (Mar 27 - May 15, 2022) by category
Asteroids & NEOs
223 Rosa, a large main-belt asteroid potentially targeted for the JUICE mission in 2029
Exoplanets
The four confirmed planets of HD 40307
- Gliese 180 by fyr02
- Gliese 357 by fyr02
- Gliese 649 by Trolligi
- Gliese 667 by fyr02
- HD 40307 by AVBursch
- K2-33 by Gurren Lagann
- Kepler-453 by fyr02
- PSR B0329+54 by Vision, et. al.
- Rogue Planets by SevenSpheres and Zemlyanin
- Tau Bootis by Gurren Lagann
Unconfirmed
- KOI-8007 by Gurren Lagann
- V391 Pegasi by fyr02
Updates
- FT Octanis
- TZ Arietis, formerly Gliese 83.1
Fictional
Hovering over Pandora, in James Cameron's Avatar (2009)
- 1 MILLION stars in the Andromeda Galaxy by Cham
- Avatar (2009) by Milosz21
- Earth's Rings by PlutonianEmpire
- Earth Venustransformed by MrSpace43 and FarGetaNik
- Infare by SpaceExplorer
- Jupiter Star by The Minmus Derp
- Kero System by Anthony_B_Russo10
Hypothetical & Disproven
Planet Nine, a yet undiscovered superterran/neptunian planet in the Solar System
- Fifth Giant by Anthony_B_Russo10
- Oort Cloud Bodies by Anthony_B_Russo10
- Phaethon by Anthony_B_Russo10
- Planet Nine by Anthony_B_Russo10
- Planet Nine Moons by Anthony_B_Russo10
- Planet V by Anthony_B_Russo10
- Theia by Anthony_B_Russo10
- Vulcanoids by Anthony_B_Russo10
Nebulae
The Eskimo Nebula, also known as NGC 2392
- Abell 10 by ttcz
- Abell 12 by ttcz
- Abell 65 by ttcz
- Abell 81 by ttcz
- Messier 27 by Killeen
- Messier 76 by ttcz
- NGC 2392 by AstroBoy
- NGC 6826 by ttcz
Planets & Moons
Molten lava lakes glowing on the night side of Io
- Galilean Satellites (1995-2035) by DaveBowman2001
- Io Night
- Jupiter's Auroras by Art Blos
- Jupiter's Rings by JCP-JohnCarlo
- Neptune's Auroras by Art Blos and SpaceExplorer
- Nereid by Snowfall-The-Cat
- Saturn's Auroras by Art Blos
- Uranus's Auroras by Art Blos and SpaceExplorer
- Venus (2017) by Snowfall-The-Cat and SpaceExplorer
Updates
Spacecraft
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) orbiting around Ganymede, 2035
- Galileo Navigation Satellite System by DaveBowman2001
- ICESat-1 by toutatis
- ICESat-2 by toutatis
- Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer by DaveBowman2001 and pedro_jg
- LCROSS by BrianJ
- Mars Polar Lander by Endeavor35
- Phobos-Grunt by Art Blos and toutatis
- Tianwen-1 by toutatis
- Venera 4 by toutatis
- Venera 15 and 16 by Jack Higgins and SpaceExplorer
Conceptual
- Space Station Alpha by bh
Updates
Stars
[DBS2003] 75, a compact young star cluster about 18,300 light-years away from Earth
- [DBS2003] 75 by Trolligi
- More random stars by Trolligi
- VFTS 352 by fyr02
Trans-Neptunian Objects
The former tenth planet, Eris
- 136199 Eris by MrSpace43 and fyr02
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