The "zone of avoidance" is one of the most difficult parts of the universe to see.
A new study that has been submitted to the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics claims to have found a once-hidden "extragalactic structure".
Stars and dust surrounding the blackhole at the center of our galaxy obscure some of the sky. It can be difficult to see what's on the other side of the bulge, but compared to other areas of space, it still gets little attention.
The astronomer's discovery of the "extragalactic structure" may help clarify things.
"For many years, the ZoA had a lack of information, but now with new studies, we could cover a little region of the sky, and in the near future, a bigger region with data."
Since visible light is completely blocked, Galdeano and her team used the European Southern Observatory's VVV survey to look beyond the Galactic veil.
The redshifts from the five galaxies spotted within them were used by the astronomer to determine the distances and velocities of the clusters.
There could be around 58 galaxies in the cluster according to the team's estimates.
Dante Minniti, director of the Institute of Astrophysics at Andrés Bello National University, said in the Vice interview that it is difficult to tell how large it is. More redshifts are needed to estimate the mass of this cluster.
It's an illuminating find in a part of the universe that isn't well-known because of the bulge.
There is a new image showing theCartwheelGalaxy in glorious detail.
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