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Observations of the galactic centre region in the photon energy range 2–500 keV are reviewed. Point sources, transients, bursts and a patch of apparently diffuse emission ~1° in extent have all been observed. The relatively detailed information obtained with the Einstein observatory just above the bottom edge of the x-ray window is starting to be supplemented by observations at higher photon energies. Although there is known to be a strong, variable, source of high energy x-rays somewhere in the region there is little reason to associate it with Sgr A West, which is detectable, but relatively weak, in the energy range below 30 keV where detailed measurements have been possible.
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Skinner, G.K. (1989). X-Ray Observations of the Galactic Centre. In: Morris, M. (eds) The Center of the Galaxy. International Astronomical Union Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 136. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2362-1_80
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