Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy

Re:Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the h... by nuccy on Thursday May 12, 2022 @10:08AM (#31354441)

Well, given that JWST has at least 2000 worse resolution that EHT (see my comment below on that topic with some links). Thus the blurriness of this observed object is just a result of enormously small size versus distance to it. Any star observed by JWST is much-much bigger (i.e. has bigger angular size). During the live event [1] they make a lot of size/distance comparisons, like resolving individual bubbles in a beer glass in New York from Munich Biergarten, or a donut on the surface of the Moon resolved from the Earth.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIQLA6lo6R0&t=1930s

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Re:Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the h... by jeffbee on Thursday May 12, 2022 @10:26AM (#31354707)

Yeah, the thing about “supermassive” black hole is that it sounds terrifying in extent but it actually is not. The sun contains almost all of the mass of our solar system but the SMBHATCOTG contains essentially none of the mass of the galaxy.

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