Author Topic: first img of black hole released (Read 2930 times)

Steel Dragon2000 · April 10, 2019, 02:16:23 PM

Quote from: YouKnowWhoAgain on April 10, 2019, 02:05:35 PM

actual question, this from some kinda special camera that only detects a specific wavelength or somethin

I'm not too sure but to get a good enough resolution for the photograph 8 large telescopes from laboratories all over the world had to join to together which basically made a giant telescope spanning the width of nearly the entire Earth

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YouKnowWhoAgain · April 10, 2019, 02:21:52 PM

Quote from: Steel Dragon2000 on April 10, 2019, 02:16:23 PM

I'm not too sure but to get a good enough resolution for the photograph 8 large telescopes from laboratories all over the world had to join to together which basically made a giant telescope spanning the width of nearly the entire Earth

I know they did that, but this image is through some wavelength though. X-ray? Radio?

sleep · April 10, 2019, 02:33:29 PM

Quote from: YouKnowWhoAgain on April 10, 2019, 02:05:35 PM

actual question, this from some kinda special camera that only detects a specific wavelength or somethin

https://youtu.be/zUyH3XhpLTo

Steel Dragon2000 · April 10, 2019, 02:39:27 PM

Quote from: YouKnowWhoAgain on April 10, 2019, 02:21:52 PM

I know they did that, but this image is through some wavelength though. X-ray? Radio?

I'd say radio waves, I'm not sure how x-ray would work for something like that

Khaz · April 10, 2019, 02:48:32 PM

Video describing what the image depicts:

Ceist · April 10, 2019, 03:05:59 PM

Quote from: YouKnowWhoAgain on April 10, 2019, 02:05:35 PM

actual question, this from some kinda special camera that only detects a specific wavelength or somethin right

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/event-horizon-telescope-black-hole-picture

Radiowaves are correct. They essentially turned the Earth into one big telescope, using varying techniques on the planet at different times and locations to create this image. The cool thing about this too is the fact that it lines up with Einstein's general relativity theory.

Datiel12 � · April 10, 2019, 03:39:43 PM

Quote from: YouKnowWhoAgain on April 10, 2019, 02:05:35 PM

actual question, this from some kinda special camera that only detects a specific wavelength or somethin right

It was captured using a Aremacpussaoytuhsaggin camera. Very high tech.

captin crunch cereal · April 10, 2019, 04:48:33 PM

I found this image somewhere

Bravo · April 10, 2019, 05:03:54 PM

is that a gif or am i hallucinating

Jackhammer · April 10, 2019, 06:42:47 PM

Quote from: Drydess on April 10, 2019, 10:03:02 AM

maybe it�s just a really big planet

oh stuff! move over elon musk, we got a new big brain in town!

Mr.No�ody · April 10, 2019, 06:51:59 PM

Dummies couldn't even focus the shot. Cmon guys!

YouKnowWhoAgain · April 10, 2019, 07:04:26 PM

Okay so it was radiowave I got it

Ceist · April 11, 2019, 02:47:39 AM

The memes are here.

The Resonte! · April 11, 2019, 07:42:55 AM

did they intentionally pick a black hole with light around it so it wouldn't be a photo of nothingness

Ceist · April 11, 2019, 07:50:14 AM

Quote from: The Resonte! on April 11, 2019, 07:42:55 AM

did they intentionally pick a black hole with light around it so it wouldn't be a photo of nothingness

well, yeah. that's the purpose of seeing a black hole. if there's nothing around a black hole how are you gonna see it? you can tell something's there without light but uhhh, you won't be able to see it.