The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has captured the first-ever polarized light image of Sagittarius A*, revealing its magnetic field structure.
Credits: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
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The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has captured the first-ever polarized light image of Sagittarius A*, revealing its magnetic field structure.
Credits: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
https://i.redd.it/5ihaub5o8eqe1.jpeg
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I feel like I have seen this before.
You should probably mention that this is 2 years old.
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I don’t really understand what it means by “polarized”. I’ve seen the original where all you can see is a blurry orange ring. This just makes it look like someone drew artificial lines on it to make it look more dramatic.
Is this a new image or the one they took a few years ago?
Or as we CMDRs call it, the (*) b*tthole of the galaxy. Quite the popular destination although these days I’m happier in the deep black of the disc’s bottom.
o7 to the astrophotographers.
Is this a Kerr black hole which Newton’s laws don’t apply no more and Einstein’s general relativity takes over where space time gets twisted and dragged along with the spinning black hole (frame-dragging)? I think it is I have some questions about Kerr black holes