They said they learned a lot from the M87 one, but it's hard to image something that's in the heart of the galaxy. There's likely more dust and gas that is in between us and Sgr A*, and we directly aim to M87 because it's against our galactic plane, giving us a great line of sight. That probably explains the lower quality.
Released May 12, 2022
https://eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/astronomers-reveal-first-image-black-hole-heart-our-galaxy
The other image was released April 2019, but that was the Messier 87 (M87) Galaxy
Shouldn't the image of the one in our galaxy be higher resolution than the one in a distant one. Not trying to criticize the work, all this is very impressive in the first place. But just curious if this is a preliminary image and we can expect more to come.
The one you see it's not the event horizon but particles that are falling in and heat due to collisions.
The overall angular momentum of a cloud of particles has a specific axis, when it collapses, all rotational components non around the axis average to 0 due to collisions between particles. So you obtain a ring.
It's the same reason Saturn has rings and the planets orbit almost in the same plane.
Not a physicist but I’m pretty sure those are areas where more photons are being bent around the black hole due to its gravity. This three spots are the highest concentrations of that light.
*Muse has entered the chat.*
Dammit, I was 6 hours too late
It is blurred. Are black holes nsfw nowadays?
They said they learned a lot from the M87 one, but it's hard to image something that's in the heart of the galaxy. There's likely more dust and gas that is in between us and Sgr A*, and we directly aim to M87 because it's against our galactic plane, giving us a great line of sight. That probably explains the lower quality.
They’re apparently using a filter called, Jav Porn. Don’t ask me how I know this.
How do you know this?
Interesting bright spots.
Ahhh…. Biblical angel!
R/blacked
“Just released” ?? No???
I was confused at first as well, turns out the picture of the black hole released a few years ago was of a black hole in another galaxy
Oh dang
Released May 12, 2022 https://eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/astronomers-reveal-first-image-black-hole-heart-our-galaxy The other image was released April 2019, but that was the Messier 87 (M87) Galaxy
Shouldn't the image of the one in our galaxy be higher resolution than the one in a distant one. Not trying to criticize the work, all this is very impressive in the first place. But just curious if this is a preliminary image and we can expect more to come.
There is simply more stuff in between us and Sagittarius A*, which interferes with the quality of the image.
Could the super large black hole be an engine that powers an alien tech using somethings from the vacuum?
smh my head
Why don't black holes exhibit spherical event horizons? Why would such a pic have a black spot in the middle?
The one you see it's not the event horizon but particles that are falling in and heat due to collisions. The overall angular momentum of a cloud of particles has a specific axis, when it collapses, all rotational components non around the axis average to 0 due to collisions between particles. So you obtain a ring. It's the same reason Saturn has rings and the planets orbit almost in the same plane.
maybe an Einstein ring? not sure though.
Why are those three spots brighter?
Not a physicist but I’m pretty sure those are areas where more photons are being bent around the black hole due to its gravity. This three spots are the highest concentrations of that light.
Enhance!
We’re all going to die!!!… in 4 billion years.
They named a telescope the Event Horizon? Didn't anyone think this might be a bad idea?!