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by roland jochems
Sun Aug 01, 2021 2:27 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Ring Galaxy AM 0644-741 (2021 Jul 28)
Replies: 26
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Re: APOD: Ring Galaxy AM 0644-741 (2021 Jul 28)

It's not. Black holes can't be optically resolved. They're far too small. Not the BH itself, but the accretion disk, around the event horizon? Like this? Black hole EHT image.png No. A BH and an accretion disc are unresolvable in light at any distance from us where we expect to find them. Images li...
by roland jochems
Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:20 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Ring Galaxy AM 0644-741 (2021 Jul 28)
Replies: 26
Views: 6261

Re: APOD: Ring Galaxy AM 0644-741 (2021 Jul 28)

If you zoom in on the eliptical galaxy left mid. you see something that actual looks like a black hole as it would be in visible light passing in front of it low right. I can't upload pictures otherwise I could show it.