The 1.28 GHz MeerKAT Galactic Center Mosaic
The inner ∼200 pc region of the Galaxy contains a 4 million M⊙ supermassive black hole (SMBH), significant quantities of molecular gas, and star formation and cosmic ray energy densities that are roughly two orders of magnitude higher than the corresponding levels in the Galactic disk. At a distance of only 8.2 kpc, the region presents astronomers …