Size equivalent of the shadow of Sagittarius A*
From the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration image of the black hole at the centre of our galaxy (Sgr A*), researchers can measure the size of its shadow to be about 52 micro-arcseconds on the sky. This is about the size of a donut on the Moon as seen from Earth.
Credit:ESO/M. Kornmesser/L. Calçada
About the Video
| Id: | eso2208-eht-mwg |
| Release date: | 12 May 2022, 15:07 |
| Related releases: | eso2208-eht-mw |
| Duration: | 27 s |
| Frame rate: | 25 fps |
About the Object
| Category: | Quasars and Black Holes |
