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Re:Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video] by O_H_E on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @11:16AM (#19625516)
> 55 million light years

didn't he correct himself and said kilometers

Re:Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video] by petschge on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @11:23AM (#19625596)
55 million light years is about correct. Wikipedia still has 53.5 ± 1.63 Mly from older observations, but appendix I in paper https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ab1141 has a bit more on the distance measurements they used. They arrive at 16.76 ± 0.75 Mpc, which translates into 54.7 ± 2.4 Mly.
Re:Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video] by MR4D on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @11:45AM (#19625815)
He corrected himself to say 500 billion billion kilometers after mistakingly saying light years.

I haven't done the math, but I believe that roughly equates to 55 million light years.

Re:Unveiling the first-ever image of a black hole [video] by O_H_E on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @09:09PM (#19630234)
Yup, My bad.