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First ever black hole image released
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RE: First ever black hole image released
(April 10, 2019 at 8:01 pm)chimp3 Wrote:
(April 10, 2019 at 7:23 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: I've seen diagrams with V'ger barely into the donut.
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[Image: m87_black_hole_size_comparison.png]

(April 10, 2019 at 8:38 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:
(April 10, 2019 at 10:19 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: First ever black hole image released

Nice work by everone involved    Great

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47873592

To the BBC science writer:

That is not the image of the black hole.  It is the image of the accretion disk around the black hole.  Black hole by definition can’t be imaged.   It would have the same effect on any imaging sensor as if it was not there.   Saying the image of the accretion disk is the image of the black hole is like saying an image of Pluto is an image of the sun.

It is being taken as proof that black holes exist (along with SgrA* images), and that's good for the boffins. I don't think any knowledgeable person expected to actually see an object that can't be seen.
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First ever black hole image released - by zebo-the-fat - April 10, 2019 at 10:19 am
RE: First ever black hole image released - by Brian37 - April 10, 2019 at 1:48 pm
RE: First ever black hole image released - by Gwaithmir - April 10, 2019 at 4:59 pm
RE: First ever black hole image released - by chimp3 - April 10, 2019 at 6:14 pm
RE: First ever black hole image released - by chimp3 - April 10, 2019 at 8:01 pm
RE: First ever black hole image released - by Gawdzilla Sama - April 11, 2019 at 6:57 am
RE: First ever black hole image released - by Anomalocaris - April 11, 2019 at 10:43 am
RE: First ever black hole image released - by Brian37 - April 10, 2019 at 2:14 pm
RE: First ever black hole image released - by Brian37 - April 10, 2019 at 2:35 pm
RE: First ever black hole image released - by bennyboy - April 10, 2019 at 7:17 pm
RE: First ever black hole image released - by Succubus - April 10, 2019 at 9:17 pm
RE: First ever black hole image released - by ignoramus - April 11, 2019 at 4:23 am
RE: First ever black hole image released - by Athene - April 11, 2019 at 8:21 am
RE: First ever black hole image released - by Brian37 - April 11, 2019 at 12:29 pm
RE: First ever black hole image released - by Foxaèr - April 11, 2019 at 9:49 am
RE: First ever black hole image released - by WinterHold - April 11, 2019 at 5:41 pm
RE: First ever black hole image released - by chimp3 - April 11, 2019 at 5:47 pm
RE: First ever black hole image released - by Succubus - April 11, 2019 at 6:40 pm
RE: First ever black hole image released - by WinterHold - April 13, 2019 at 6:31 am
RE: First ever black hole image released - by Deesse23 - April 13, 2019 at 6:43 am
RE: First ever black hole image released - by WinterHold - April 13, 2019 at 8:29 am
RE: First ever black hole image released - by Deesse23 - April 13, 2019 at 10:31 am
RE: First ever black hole image released - by Deesse23 - April 13, 2019 at 1:42 pm
RE: First ever black hole image released - by Deesse23 - April 12, 2019 at 8:02 am
RE: First ever black hole image released - by Succubus - April 13, 2019 at 10:02 am
RE: First ever black hole image released - by zebo-the-fat - April 13, 2019 at 12:20 pm
RE: First ever black hole image released - by WinterHold - April 14, 2019 at 11:07 pm
RE: First ever black hole image released - by WinterHold - April 13, 2019 at 2:56 pm
RE: First ever black hole image released - by LastPoet - April 13, 2019 at 3:02 pm
RE: First ever black hole image released - by WinterHold - April 14, 2019 at 9:44 am
RE: First ever black hole image released - by Deesse23 - April 14, 2019 at 12:36 pm

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