Event Horizon Telescope Prepares to Take First Black Hole Picture in 2017

The Event Horizon Telescope project is looking to photograph a black hole’s event horizon in 2017.
Event Horizon Telescope Prepares to Take First Black Hole Picture in 2017
Feryal Ozel/University of Arizona
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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The Event Horizon Telescope project—a network of nine telescopes located around the Earth--is set to take the first-ever photo of a black hole’s event horizon.

The picture will be captured in 2017, and it will be focused on the Sagittarius A, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

(Feryal Ozel/University of Arizona)
Feryal Ozel/University of Arizona
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Jack Phillips
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