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19 minutes ago, Bat Guano said:

Well, to be that guy, that's what the black hole looked like 26,000 years ago.

But who's counting.

 

Well, to be that guy, it's 26,000 Light Years to the center of OUR galaxy. While a comparable black hole may be at the center of our galaxy, this image is not it. It is at the center of another galaxy. We can't see the center of our own galaxy due to the intervening dust clouds.

The black hole as pictured is estimated to be some 55 million Light Years away, so the image is what it looked like about 55 million years ago.

Pretty cool, eh?

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Posted
Just now, DoobieWah said:

We can't see the center of our own galaxy due to the intervening dust clouds.

Great.  We are the functional equivalent of a dude who's so fat he can't see his own feet.  Seems perfect.

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One of the most fascinating videos on this subject involves the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. Known as Sagittarius A*, scientists have been observing the movements of stars and other objects caught in its gravity well for over two decades.

The video below contains what I believe are time-lapse images (at about the 1-minute mark) that, when displayed in sequence, demonstrate stars orbiting an invisible mass. Later (at the 2-minute mark), there's an animation that features the plotted orbits of these stars.

Never ceases to amaze me.  Cue the Vangelis, Carl.

 

Posted
9 minutes ago, DoobieWah said:

 

Well, to be that guy, it's 26,000 Light Years to the center of OUR galaxy. While a comparable black hole may be at the center of our galaxy, this image is not it. It is at the center of another galaxy. We can't see the center of our own galaxy due to the intervening dust clouds.

They are working on developing the pictures for Sagittarius A* (super black hole at the center of the Milky Way). But the rotation is about 1000x faster, so it takes a lot more computational power to the put the pieces together. 

Posted
2 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

They are working on developing the pictures for Sagittarius A* (super black hole at the center of the Milky Way). But the rotation is about 1000x faster, so it takes a lot more computational power to the put the pieces together. 

Walgreens usually turns around my digital files in a couple of hours.  Puts em on nice photo paper and everything.

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Posted
35 minutes ago, DoobieWah said:

 

Well, to be that guy, it's 26,000 Light Years to the center of OUR galaxy. While a comparable black hole may be at the center of our galaxy, this image is not it. It is at the center of another galaxy. We can't see the center of our own galaxy due to the intervening dust clouds.

The black hole as pictured is estimated to be some 55 million Light Years away, so the image is what it looked like about 55 million years ago.

Pretty cool, eh?

You're right, I skimmed the NYT article about it and got the number wrong. That's what I get for trying to be that guy.

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Posted
24 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

But the rotation is about 1000x faster, so it takes a lot more computational power to the put the pieces together. 

SEC speed.

Posted
45 minutes ago, DoobieWah said:

 

Well, to be that guy, it's 26,000 Light Years to the center of OUR galaxy. While a comparable black hole may be at the center of our galaxy, this image is not it. It is at the center of another galaxy. We can't see the center of our own galaxy due to the intervening dust clouds.

The black hole as pictured is estimated to be some 55 million Light Years away, so the image is what it looked like about 55 million years ago.

Pretty cool, eh?

No, it's quite aggravating.

 

but yes, it is pretty damn mind bottling 

Posted
1 hour ago, DoobieWah said:

The black hole as pictured is estimated to be some 55 million Light Years away, so the image is what it looked like about 55 million years ago.

 

Well shit. I hope it doesn't envelope the Earth within those 55 million years. We'd really be in for a surprise. 

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well I took 6 hours of Astronomy for non-science majors from the esteemed Dr Frank Bash about 30 years ago and I have no fucking idea what any of this shit means. Cool pics though. Would look good printed on a  CD if they still made those  

Posted
1 hour ago, Dahobbs said:

They are working on developing the pictures for Sagittarius A* (super black hole at the center of the Milky Way). But the rotation is about 1000x faster, so it takes a lot more computational power to the put the pieces together. 

Quite the spinner, eh. 

Posted (edited)
21 hours ago, Scheiss Meister said:

My take away from this is that Bert has a big, dark asshole that sucks in everything.  Not that there's anything wrong with that. 

From the orientation of the thumbs, it’s apparent that this photo is upside down. 

Edited by ImissWallyPryor
Meant to quote RJ
Posted

The moment of discovery 3 years ago, from the then-26 year old scientist who led the development of the algorithm that put all of the data together into one image. 

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Posted
18 minutes ago, Mojo Hand said:

The moment of discovery 3 years ago, from the then-26 year old scientist who led the development of the algorithm that put all of the data together into one image. 

 

For science:

 

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Posted
20 hours ago, Shaggy3.0 said:

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“Oh yeah tough guys. What’s on the other side of it!?!?!?”
 

loved that as a kid.  should not have rewatched.

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Posted
20 minutes ago, smuggs said:

 

For science:

 

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r2icprnk_katie-bouman_625x300_11_April_1

 

I may be in the minority, but her wicked intelligence and contribution toward this significant achievement transforms an otherwise "meh" woman into someone who seems pretty fucking hot to me.

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Posted
5 minutes ago, South Austin said:

I may be in the minority, but her wicked intelligence and contribution toward this significant achievement transforms an otherwise "meh" woman into someone who seems pretty fucking hot to me.

I'm pretty sure that in her circles she is a 15/10 even before all that other stuff. 

Posted
16 minutes ago, South Austin said:

I may be in the minority, but her wicked intelligence and contribution toward this significant achievement transforms an otherwise "meh" woman into someone who seems pretty fucking hot to me.

Smart chicks are hot.  True fact.

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Posted
15 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

I'm pretty sure that in her circles she is a 15/10 even before all that other stuff. 

 

Whoa whoa whoa... we need Derka to apply his advanced algorithm before we can assign this woman a valid number on the hotness scale.

Posted
7 minutes ago, smuggs said:

Whoa whoa whoa... we need Derka to apply his advanced algorithm before we can assign this woman a valid number on the hotness scale.

You don't need an algorithm if you use Coakley's surefire method.

IllegalCourageousFrillneckedlizard-size_

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She's pretty taut, but one of her breastibules seems to be flatter than the other.  Then we see this oblong, uneven round-shaped hole black thingy.

Residual effect?  I think so.  Coincidence?  I think not.

Posted
7 hours ago, South Austin said:

I may be in the minority, but her wicked intelligence and contribution toward this significant achievement transforms an otherwise "meh" woman into someone who seems pretty fucking hot to me.

what if you discover she had a laugh like this

 

 

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