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After researching the matter, we couldn't shake the impression that virtually everyone who is remotely associated with academia is featured by this ``search engine'' and gets this award -- obviously they are looking for free internet advertisement. On the other hand, the icon might be useful to impress a naive soul who is visiting our site; so, we will keep mum and not divulge the dubiousness of the honor ... their icon can be found at the bottom of our home page.
Still, it was worth a try.
... where exactly .... as in ``exactly'' is the galactic center located in Sagittarius? Your answer would help me out a great deal. I had it recorded somewhere about a year ago but... in my file clearing blew it off my hard drive.
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In this case the answer was straight forward (17h 45m 40.045 -29d 00m 27.9s in J2000 coordinates from 3mm VLBI by Rogers et al. 1994, ApJ 434, L59) and polite as we are, we did not comment on the `Asstrology' typo. Instead, inspired by this email, we were wondering whether ``Free Distance Reiki Healing'' might eventually cure Sgr A* of its apparent anorexia (refusal to eat...nearby stars that is!) -- observers watch out!