r/spaceporn • u/npjprods • Jan 16 '22

The first simulated image of a black hole, calculated with an IBM 7040 computer using 1960 punch cards and hand-plotted by French astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Luminet in 1978 Pro/Processed

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u/Kiddo1029 Jan 16 '22 edited Jan 16 '22

From what I understand, it’s would be a view from the thin side of the secretion disc. If from the long/fast side it’d prob be more circular.

Edit: accretion disc

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u/NemesisR6 Jan 16 '22

Secretion Disc is what I now imagine astrophysicists call a toilet seat.

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u/BumpinSnugglies Jan 16 '22

Excretion disc

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u/Infra-Oh Jan 16 '22

There it is.

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u/faggitredditmod Jan 16 '22

Wonder what determines the axis of the accretion disc