First image of a black hole (Event Horizon Telescope collaboration)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/First_image_of_a_black_hole_(Event_Horizon_Telescope_collaboration)
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gptkbp:instanceOf astronomical image
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:collaboratesWith over 200 scientists
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:Event_Horizon_Telescope_collaboration
gptkbp:depicts black hole in Messier 87
gptkbp:distanceToObject ~55 million light-years
gptkbp:hasTelescope gptkb:Event_Horizon_Telescope
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label First image of a black hole (Event Horizon Telescope collaboration)
gptkbp:imageShows black hole shadow
photon ring
gptkbp:locationDepicted Messier 87 galaxy
gptkbp:massOfObjectDepicted ~6.5 billion solar masses
gptkbp:mediaType gptkb:photographer
gptkbp:notableFor first direct visual evidence of a black hole
gptkbp:pictureFormat synthetic aperture radio image
gptkbp:pressConferenceDate 2019-04-10
gptkbp:pressConferenceLocation National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
gptkbp:publicationDate 2019-04-10
gptkbp:publishedIn First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole
gptkbp:resolution 40 microarcseconds
gptkbp:wavelengthRange 1.3 mm (230 GHz)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:ESO_(European_Southern_Observatory)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8