Sgr 3d visualization
This image shows the model of the tidally shredded Sagittarius dwarf galaxy wrapping around a 3-D representation of the Milky Way disk (flattened blue spiral).
Note that this representation of the Milky Way is created for artistic purposes only,
and while certain features (i.e. the number of arms, presence and orientation of the Galactic bar, etc.)
have been chosen to correspond to current ideas of Milky Way structure this should not be mistaken for a
scientifically accurate picture of the Milky Way itself. The yellow dot represents the position of the Sun. The associated movie shows a flyaround view of this system.
This 3d visualization is based on the best-fit Sgr model in a triaxial Galactic gravitational potential (see LM10).
Also available:
- Thumbnail image here
- Medium-resolution image here
- High-resolution image here
- Quicktime movie here
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