... Also known as Barnard 33, the unusual shape was first discovered on a photographic plate in the late 1800s. X Ray Milky Way . ... If you had x-ray vision, the center regions of our Galaxy would not be hidden from view by the immense cosmic dust clouds opaque to visible light. ... Mt Anatahan Erupts . ... Its core hidden from optical view by a thick lane of dust, the giant elliptical galaxy Centaurus A was among the first objects observed by the orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory. ...