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Re: Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video]

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Post by zeristor » Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 1:26 PM UTC

acl777 wrote: post #17

There are people that can't believe the Earth is round... I can't imagine what "alternative explanation" will be made to explain a black hole...

That its a black circle?

Re: Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video]

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Post by hrdwdmrbl » Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 1:27 PM UTC

piker wrote: post #30

Higher resolution official release seems to be: https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/blackholes/download...

Does that image have a weird pulsing optical illusion for anyone else?

Re: Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video]

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Post by zeristor » Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 1:28 PM UTC

I wonder how it compares to the one from Interstellar?

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26966-interstellars-t...

Re: Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video]

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Post by luizfzs » Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 1:29 PM UTC

hrdwdmrbl wrote: post #32

piker wrote: post #30

Higher resolution official release seems to be: https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/blackholes/download...

Does that image have a weird pulsing optical illusion for anyone else?

Relieved it isn't just me

Re: Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video]

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Post by chki » Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 1:30 PM UTC

hrdwdmrbl wrote: post #32

piker wrote: post #30

Higher resolution official release seems to be: https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/blackholes/download...

Does that image have a weird pulsing optical illusion for anyone else?

Yes, fascinating! If you shift the focus of your eyes from the outside to the inside of the hole, it seems to "pulsate"

Re: Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video]

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Post by pcmaffey » Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 1:30 PM UTC

hrdwdmrbl wrote: post #32

piker wrote: post #30

Higher resolution official release seems to be: https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/blackholes/download...

Does that image have a weird pulsing optical illusion for anyone else?

Yes, reminds me of the Eye of Sauron.

Re: Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video]

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Post by alkonaut » Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 1:30 PM UTC

So much higher res than I thought (I was expecting a 3x3px black and white).

Does anyone know if this is aggregated over a long time so it's unlikely to improve with more observation? And what is limiting the resolution at this point?

Re: Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video]

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Post by patagonia » Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 1:30 PM UTC

One difference between a Tesla or Apple style event vs a staid, scientific one such as this. Starting in the evening vs 9am...

Re: Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video]

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Post by geoah » Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 1:30 PM UTC

luizfzs wrote: post #34

hrdwdmrbl wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does that image have a weird pulsing optical illusion for anyone else?

Relieved it isn't just me

I get it if I move a bit when on an angle, I assume it's just my crappy monitor's viewing angles causing it.

Re: Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video]

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Post by JanSt » Wed, Apr 10, 2019, 1:32 PM UTC

gigatexal wrote: post #29

Any word if Einstein's predictions are correct or refuted? There was word that if the shadow looked a certain way it could mean that relativity is incomplete.

Pretty much exactly what was predicted as to the livestream :-)