r/spaceporn Apr 10 '19

First ever real image of a black hole

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u/IWantToBeTheBoshy Apr 10 '19

Not at all! After googling to confirm... they got their name from the spiral galaxy Messier 83 :)

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u/CeruleanRuin Apr 11 '19 edited Apr 11 '19

It would be cool to image M83 in this way, because it has a double nucleus.

Probably just one black hole with a denser lump of stars orbiting around it, but it would be nice to know for sure.