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/DSice16 Jan 16 '22

They actually planned to use the asymmetric true version, but they were worried people wouldn't like it or would think it was wrong, so they went symmetric. There's a book called "the science behind interstellar" that talks a lot about it!

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u/EXTRAsharpcheddar Jan 17 '22

Would it really be darker or red shifted?