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1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 13:59:31 UTC Robert McNees

   The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration has released their latest results, including this image of polarized light from the region surrounding the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.

   https://eventhorizontelescope.org/blog/astronomers-unveil-strong-magnetic-fields-spiraling-edge-milky-way’s-central-black-hole

   Image: EHT Collaboration

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   • ARCANON☑ (arcanon@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Mar-2024 16:20:10 UTC ARCANON☑

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     @mcnees so are the strands an effect of the polarization or is this plasma spaghetti?

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Mar-2024 13:42:42 UTC Robert McNees

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     How it started / how it’s going

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Mar-2024 13:52:41 UTC Robert McNees

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     • lxsameer

     @lxsameer Data. Check link in first post. It’s a real image produced by combining info from multiple observatories.

   • lxsameer (lxsameer@social.lxsameer.com)'s status on Thursday, 28-Mar-2024 13:52:42 UTC lxsameer

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     @mcnees Is the photo on the right an actual legit photograph released by an observation? Or is it made up or improved based on data?

   • Prof Heino Falcke (hfalcke@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Mar-2024 14:12:20 UTC Prof Heino Falcke

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     @mcnees Well, the time estimate how long it would take was off by more than a decade 😬

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Mar-2024 14:54:14 UTC Robert McNees

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     • Prof Heino Falcke

     @hfalcke Who amongst us hasn’t forgotten a factor of 4 pi in an estimate!