05-13-2022, 01:58 AM
And in local news about the black hole image:
Maunakea observatories play crucial role in first image of Milky Way black hole
The image was produced by a global research team called the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, using observations from a worldwide network of radio telescopes including the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) and the Submillimeter Array (SMA) on Maunakea.
“These unprecedented observations have greatly improved our understanding of what happens at the very centre of our galaxy, and offer new insights on how these giant black holes interact with their surroundings,” said Geoffrey Bower, an affiliate astronomer at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and EHT project scientist, who led Hawaiʻi operations for the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, Taipei.
In 1986, the UH Institute for Astronomy (IfA) operated Infrared Telescope Facility on Maunakea recorded the very first image of the Milky Way’s Galactic Center, which is the region about which our entire galaxy is rotating. That image set a vital foundation for understanding black holes and would eventually lead to the discovery of the bizarre objects in the midst.
“The fact that the first image of the Galactic Center was recorded from Maunakea, a critical early step in the marathon of research that now culminates in an image of the black hole that lurks in the core of our galaxy, is yet another testament to the revolution in knowledge Maunakea makes possible,” said Doug Simons, executive director at IfA.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/05/12/m...milky-way/
Maunakea observatories play crucial role in first image of Milky Way black hole
The image was produced by a global research team called the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, using observations from a worldwide network of radio telescopes including the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT) and the Submillimeter Array (SMA) on Maunakea.
“These unprecedented observations have greatly improved our understanding of what happens at the very centre of our galaxy, and offer new insights on how these giant black holes interact with their surroundings,” said Geoffrey Bower, an affiliate astronomer at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and EHT project scientist, who led Hawaiʻi operations for the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica, Taipei.
In 1986, the UH Institute for Astronomy (IfA) operated Infrared Telescope Facility on Maunakea recorded the very first image of the Milky Way’s Galactic Center, which is the region about which our entire galaxy is rotating. That image set a vital foundation for understanding black holes and would eventually lead to the discovery of the bizarre objects in the midst.
“The fact that the first image of the Galactic Center was recorded from Maunakea, a critical early step in the marathon of research that now culminates in an image of the black hole that lurks in the core of our galaxy, is yet another testament to the revolution in knowledge Maunakea makes possible,” said Doug Simons, executive director at IfA.
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2022/05/12/m...milky-way/