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About the Object	Object Name: Galactic Center Position (J2000): Galactic latitude: 0.0 Galactic longitude: 0.0 Distance: 26,000 light-years Constellation: Sagittarius
About the Data	Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/S. Stolovy (Spitzer Science Center/ Caltech) Instrument: IRAC Wavelength: 3.6 microns (blue), 4.5 microns (green), 5.8 microns (orange), 8.0 microns (red) Exposure Date: Sept 3, 2004 and Sept 15, 2005 Exposure Time: 10 seconds per position Field of View: 1.9 x 1.4 degrees Orientation: galactic north is up, galactic east is to the left Release Date: January 10, 2006
Observers	Susan Stolovy (Spitzer Science Center/Caltech) Solange Ramirez (IPAC) Rick G. Arendt (SSAI/GSFC) Dan Gezari (GSFC) Casey Law (Northwestern University) Angela Cotera (SETI) Jennifer Karr (Academia Sinica) Farhad Yusef-Zadeh (Northwestern University) Harvey Moseley (GSFC) Kris Sellgren (OSU) Howard A. Smith (CfA) Randall Smith (JHU)

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