Zooming in to the Heart of Messier 87
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) — a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration — was designed to capture images of a black hole. In coordinated press conferences across the globe, EHT researchers revealed that they succeeded, unveiling the first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole and its shadow.
This zoom video starts with a view of ALMA and zooms in on the heart of M87, showing successively more detailed observations and culminating in the first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole’s shadow.
Oikeudet:ESO/L. Calçada, Digitized Sky Survey 2, ESA/Hubble, RadioAstron, De Gasperin et al., Kim et al., EHT Collaboration. Music: Niklas Falcke
Videosta
Tunnistus: | eso1907c |
Julkaisupäivä: | 10. huhtikuuta 2019 15:07 |
Vastaavat julkaisut: | eso1907 |
Kesto: | 54 s |
Frame rate: | 25 fps |
Kohteesta
Nimi: | Messier 87 |
Tyyppi: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Component : Central Black Hole |
Kategoria: | Quasars and Black Holes |