Sgr A*

Translingual

Etymology

From being the hidden gravitational centre associated with the astronomical radio source Sgr A, the astrophysical radio source associated with the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Proper noun

Sgr A*

  1. Sagittarius A*; the central supermassive black hole of the Milky Way Galaxy

See also
  • M87* (“Pōwehi”) (the first directly imaged central supermassive blackhole of a galaxy)
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