Astronomy Picture of the Day . Stars and Dust through Baade s Window . ... Credit: Stephane Guisard Explanation: Billions of stars light up the direction toward the center of our Galaxy . ... The region, named Baade's Window for the German astronomer who studied it, is used to inspect distant stars and to determine the internal geometry of the Milky Way. ... Publications with keywords: Baade's Window - Galactic Center . Publications with words: Baade's Window - Galactic Center . ...