The First Photo of a Black Hole

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_First_Photo_of_a_Black_Hole
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:photographer
gptkbp:announced press conferences worldwide
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Breakthrough_Prize_in_Fundamental_Physics_(2020)
gptkbp:collaboratesWith gptkb:treaty
gptkbp:depicts gptkb:black_hole_in_galaxy_M87
gptkbp:distanceToObject about 55 million light-years
gptkbp:featuredIn scientific journals
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The First Photo of a Black Hole
gptkbp:massOfObject about 6.5 billion solar masses
gptkbp:mediaType radio image
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Katie_Bouman
gptkbp:notableProject gptkb:Sheperd_S._Doeleman
gptkbp:observedBy gptkb:M87_galaxy
gptkbp:publicationDate 2019-04-10
gptkbp:publicReaction global media attention
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Einstein's_theory_of_general_relativity
gptkbp:resolution 20 microarcseconds
gptkbp:significance first direct visual evidence of a black hole
gptkbp:takenBy gptkb:Event_Horizon_Telescope
gptkbp:technology very-long-baseline interferometry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:TIME_Magazine_100_Photos
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6