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first clear image of blackhole (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by i_have_no_enemies to c/space

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Didn’t someone already do this a few years ago? Wouldn’t this be the second clear image?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The first image was of radio signals so not exactly "light" as we'd think of it typically. This is supposedly polarized light so technically an "actual image" in the way we think of pictures involving light.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Ahh! Thanks for clarifying! Very appreciated!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think you might be thinking of a different black hole. This one is in our galaxy, the first one imaged was in m87. The one in our galaxy is actually harder to "see" as there is stuff in the way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

There were two one was m87, and I'm sure the other one was Sagittarius A*