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Image for: First-Ever Detection of a Mid-Infrared Flare in Sagittarius A*, the central source of the Milky Way


Light curve and three images of Sgr A* observed on April 06, 2024 with MIRI at the JWST. A, B and C show residual images at 8.1 μm wavelength, each with ∼20 minutes of averaged data before (left), during (middle), and after the flare (right).
Light curve and three images of Sgr A* observed on April 06, 2024 with MIRI at the JWST. A, B and C show residual images at 8.1 μm wavelength, each with ∼20 minutes of averaged data before (left), during (middle), and after the flare (right).

Sebastiano von Fellenberg (von Fellenberg et al., ApJ Letters 2025)

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