The zone of avoidance gave rise to an important question in the early part of the twentieth century, when astronomers were trying to figure out exactly what spiral nebulae were.
ZONE OF AVOIDANCE (ZoA) - Region of sky that is obscured at optical wavelengths by our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
Zone of Avoidance
An irregular zone near the plane of the Milky Way where the absorption due to interstellar dust is so great that no external galaxies can be seen through it.
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Zone of Avoidance
A region around the Milky Way where almost no galaxies are visible because our view is blocked by dust in our galaxy.
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Particularly, galaxy surveys in the zone of avoidance (the region of the sky blocked by the Milky Way) have revealed a number of new galaxies.
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The observation marks the first time astronomers have penetrated the heart of the so-called "zone of avoidance" -- a region of space behind which no observation has ever been taken.
the two galaxies lie in the Zone of Avoidance. Maffei 2 has since been classified as a medium-sized, ...
That narrow band, called the ``zone of avoidance'', is created by the dust in the disk. The galaxies along that line-of-sight would be visible if the dust were not there.
And, except for an area around the Milky Way which he called a zone of avoidance, he found galaxies in roughly equal numbers everywhere. Unfortunately for Hubble, other scientists disagreed and were able to prove their point.
There may still be undetected dwarf galaxies, which are dynamically bound to the Milky Way, as well as some that have already been absorbed by the Milky Way, such as Omega Centauri. Observations through the zone of avoidance are frequently detecting ...
Improved technology in detecting the spectra invisible to humans (radio telescopes, infra-red cameras, x-ray telescopes), allow detection of other galaxies that are not detected by Hubble. Particularly, galaxy surveys in the zone of avoidance (the ...
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