Tag Archive for 'Bulge'

A collage of face-on, upper panel, and edge-on galaxy images from the SDSS sample. In both panels, from bottom to top galaxies increase in stellar mass. From left to right galaxies increase in bulge-to-total stellar mass ratio. Image credit: Asa Frederick Bluck.

Astronomers Discover Relationship between Color of Galaxy, Size of its Bulge

Apr 22, 2014 by News Staff

The more massive the bulge of a galaxy, the redder the galaxy, says a team of astronomers reporting in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical...

This image shows the structure of the Milky Way, including the location of the spiral arms and other components such as the bulge (NASA / JPL-Caltech / ESO / R. Hurt).

Astronomers Create Map of Milky Way’s Central Bulge

Sep 13, 2013 by News Staff

Two international teams of astronomers have used ESO’s VISTA telescope and MPG/ESO 2.2-m telescope, both in Chile, to produce the best 3D map yet of...

VISTA Telescope Maps Milky Way’s Bulge

Oct 25, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Astronomers using ESO’s 4.1-m Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) have catalogued more than 84 million stars in the central parts...