Timeline for Why is there no color shift on the photo of the M87 black hole?
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| Dec 18, 2020 at 12:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAstronomy/status/1339903274699419651 | ||
| Dec 17, 2020 at 14:21 | comment | added | Darrel Hoffman | Interstellar is a movie. It is fiction. It represents a guess at what a black hole might look like at much, much closer range than anything we're likely to see an image of in our lifetimes. Possibly an educated guess, and maybe more accurate than previous depictions of black holes, but it's still just a guess, and quite likely exaggerated in order to make for more impressive visuals. I wouldn't treat it as anything more than pure fantasy. | |
| Dec 17, 2020 at 6:34 | comment | added | Acccumulation | The applicability of the term "photo" to astronomy varies from "somewhat" to "not at all", with most things (the Milky Way galaxy as a whole being one of the rare exceptions) outside of our solar system being on the "not at all" side. This is a visual depiction of electromagnetic radiation, but that's about the extent to which the term "photo" is applicable. | |
| Dec 16, 2020 at 22:42 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Dec 16, 2020 at 22:42 | comment | added | uhoh | different but related and possibly of interest to future readers: Do the actual false colours in the M87 black hole picture convey information? and How does the black hole at the center of M87 look like in the visible spectrum? and If a black hole does not emit light, how can one take a picture of the black hole itself? | |
| Dec 16, 2020 at 12:44 | vote | accept | jng224 | ||
| Dec 16, 2020 at 12:41 | answer | added | ProfRob | timeline score: 25 | |
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