MGrayson
Subscriber and Workshop Member
The EHT picture of the black hole in M87 looks blurry, but the object is VERY far away. Some computation shows that the Airy disk is about 18 micro-arc-seconds. (They claim 20 micro-arc-seconds.) To put that in perspective, here's a picture of Neil Armstrong's Footprint as seen from Earth with the same angular resolution:
Sadly, they used radio waves, and probably a years long exposure, so I don't think they could actually get this picture, but :bugeyes::bugeyes:
Matt
(Dear Mods - is it possible to change the second word of the thread title to "think"? Thank you, Matt)
Sadly, they used radio waves, and probably a years long exposure, so I don't think they could actually get this picture, but :bugeyes::bugeyes:
Matt
(Dear Mods - is it possible to change the second word of the thread title to "think"? Thank you, Matt)
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