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NFT: First ever picture of an "Event Horizon" .....

Manny in CA : 2/19/2017 11:46 pm

May be available this coming April. This is the enormous black hole at the center of our galaxy .....



http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-38937141
Great stuff  
Sec 103 : 2/20/2017 7:43 am : link

Thanks for posting
Fantastic.  
AcidTest : 2/20/2017 8:46 am : link
Love this stuff.
It's a great time  
Ira : 2/20/2017 9:02 am : link
for physicists and astronomers!
I know that a light-year is a measurement of distance...  
tony stg : 2/20/2017 9:05 am : link
... and not time, but if this thing is 26,000 light years away and we are seeing it now, it means this event really happened 26,000 years ago, right? That, in itself, is amazing.

C'mon, black holes have been photographed before  
Tony in Berlin : 2/20/2017 9:11 am : link
RE: I know that a light-year is a measurement of distance...  
AcidTest : 2/20/2017 9:20 am : link
In comment 13365586 tony stg said:
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... and not time, but if this thing is 26,000 light years away and we are seeing it now, it means this event really happened 26,000 years ago, right? That, in itself, is amazing.


Yes, that is correct.
RE: It's a great time  
mrvax : 2/20/2017 10:27 am : link
In comment 13365585 Ira said:
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for physicists and astronomers!


Agreed.
Awesome!  
lucky : 2/20/2017 12:05 pm : link
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RE: I know that a light-year is a measurement of distance...  
Deej : 2/20/2017 12:21 pm : link
In comment 13365586 tony stg said:
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... and not time, but if this thing is 26,000 light years away and we are seeing it now, it means this event really happened 26,000 years ago, right? That, in itself, is amazing.


This happened 20,000 years before people were riding dinosaurs. Amazing to think about.
It really fills you with a sense of wonder  
JerryNYG : 2/20/2017 12:24 pm : link
What an amazing universe we live in.
I accept the challenge  
jnoble : 2/20/2017 3:45 pm : link
..and will commandeer my trusty space ship 'Rocinante' and fly through it to see what's on the other side. Wish me well in my travels!
To be clear...  
Milton : 2/20/2017 4:18 pm : link
The photo Manny posted is just a simulation, it's not a photo of the actual black hole which they hope to capture this April. At least that's how I understand it.
Do you know what a black hole is? - ( New Window )
That's correct, Milton ...  
Manny in CA : 2/20/2017 6:12 pm : link

If the scientists succeed, it might take up to a year to integrate all the data to form the picture that Einstein envisioned back in 1916 !

Here's some mood music (from the movie Interstellar), to use while looking at the simulated image ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBfk37Fa3H0

Space has always been fascinating to me, since 1956, when one night, in Texas, I saw a meteor explode straight overhead. It must have been gigantic and in outer-space ....

It created a cobweb design in space, that persisted for a long while. I recall staring at it in awe.

From 1974 till 1985, worked at JPL's Goldstone Deep Space Station. It was my privilege to have the chief scientist on their Interferometry project try to explain the concept to me. (I told him thank you and nodded, understanding maybe 1 in 50 words that came out of his mouth).

If you ever come out this way, Goldstone is an amazing place to visit and tour.

https://www.gdscc.nasa.gov/

RE: I accept the challenge  
Vinny from Danbury : 2/20/2017 7:05 pm : link
In comment 13365915 jnoble said:
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..and will commandeer my trusty space ship 'Rocinante' and fly through it to see what's on the other side. Wish me well in my travels!


An entertaining series of books. The TV show is fairly decent too.
Yes, the OP is misleading  
Cruzin : 2/20/2017 10:08 pm : link

but worded as such that Manny cannot be called out for it. If you came to a conclusion that the picture was an actual event then you didn't bother to read the link.

There's just as much chance that we don't see what the simulation anticipates, which would discredit Einstein beyond repair and just as much chance we get no picture at all.

A lot of optimism counting on uncharted territory and accuracy of complex algorithms that have never been tested but there has never been reason for this type of optimism before. It's exciting.

I'm guessing Manny is an ad exec? Milton being a movie mogul with a "Grow Your Own" docu to his credit calling out someone for educational value is kind of ironic. Party on dudes. May we all share bong hits of righteous chronic when the pics come out. I have a great 3 hour playlist of progressive rock to soundtrack that event.
Didn't mean to mislead anybody ...  
Manny in CA : 2/20/2017 11:36 pm : link

But, yes, it does help to read the captions (and better the enclosed article) before drawing conclusions.

And no, by no means have I ever been an "exec" of any sort. I'm just an old fart with time on my hands and a deep love for everything scientific.
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