Published June 16, 2022
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Gaia DR3 in context: OB stars on a Milky Way image out to 12 kpc
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Overlays Gaia DR3 OB star density isosurfaces and masers on a model of the Milky Way to give a sense of scale and location.
Notes
The 3D model of the Milky Way was constructed in Blender by Stefan Payne-Wardenaar
(Twitter: @StefanPWinc).
Image of the Sgr A* black hole from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration.
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References
- Drimmel, Ronald, et. al. "Gaia Data Release 3: Mapping the asymmetric disc of the Milky Way", arXiv:2206.06207
- Reid, M. J., et al. "Trigonometric parallaxes of high-mass star-forming regions: our view of the Milky Way." The Astrophysical Journal 885.2 (2019): 131.
- Bouy, H., and J. Alves. "Cosmography of OB stars in the solar neighbourhood." Astronomy & Astrophysics 584 (2015): A26.