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SINFONI in the Galactic Center: Young Stars and Infrared Flares in the Central Light‐Month

SINFONI in the Galactic Center: Young Stars and Infrared Flares in the Central Light‐Month

We report on 75 mas resolution, near-IR imaging spectroscopy within the central 30 lt-days of the Galactic center, taken with the new adaptive optics-assisted integral-field spectrometer SINFONI on the ESO VLT. To a limiting magnitude of K ~ 16, 9 of 10 stars in the central 04, and 13 of …