@theRealGSN @LeiZeroSeven We took the bait too tbh. Thought it was Saggitarius A for a while. It's been a big mix up. But it's confirmed to be Messier 87. :)
@mozu640 Nicely 'shopped! :)
@theRealGSN @sanctus_gabriel Plus photographing something that eats photons is hard. ;)
@LBSCND Yep. We didn't catch love poems emanating from the singularity :)
@KingJokerXL It's just the first step so we're sure lots more cool pictures will come in the future. :)
@LBSCND We'll need a bit more details first! So maybe once we get next-gen pictures. :)
But the achievement itself is incredible!
@TitoUlibarri We'll need to wait for next-gen pics to really compare, but it's looking good! :)
@E_Universalis That has to be an instant -3 stab, right EU?
@Dsingis We'll need a little more detail first! :)
@LeiZeroSeven As far as we know, it's just M87 for now. There was just lots of chaos in the media leading up to the announcement. :)
@DippyNikki Yep! And the fact that it's brighter on one side, tells us that either the hole itself or the accretion disc (or both) are rotating clockwise from our perspective. :)
@CosmicGFish We'll need it to get a little sharper to know for sure. :)
@thecjm Yep! Fixed! :)
@LeiZeroSeven Actually, it was our derp. It's M87. ;)
@IriathZhul @redcar_tenken Fixed! ;)
@CarlMarsalis Yep. Messed up and reposted with a fix. :)
The first-ever image of a black hole! At the center of the M87 Galaxy! Look how massive the accretion disc is compared to the nucleus! :O
A stream with details is happening here:
@LeiZeroSeven Yep. It's our big, central "star" :)
The first-ever image of a black hole! And the one at the center of our galaxy at that! Look how massive the accretion disc is compared to the nucleus! :O
@petermivu27 Watching ;)