This picture shows a view, looking towards the galactic core, seen from the vantage point of a moon around a gas giant planet. The planet in question

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This picture shows a view, looking towards the galactic core, seen from the vantage point of a moon around a gas giant planet. The planet in question (right, shown with edge-on rings) is MOA 2011 BLG 293 Lb, the first planet found orbiting a star in this very central and crowded portion of the Milky Way galaxy.

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Photo credit: © MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: astronomy, bulge, centre, core, dense, exomoon, exoplanet, extrasolar, galaxy, landscape, milky, moon, planet, space, star, stars