floofloof@lemmy.ca to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoHighest-resolution black hole images ever taken usher in a new erawww.earth.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down14cross-posted to: science@lemmy.worldspace@beehaw.orgastronomy@mander.xyz
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minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months ago Because we’re basically looking at it from the “top” of the accretion disk. I’m not sure which way M87 points, but for Saggitarius A*, shouldn’t we be seeing it pretty much edge on? Our solar system is in the plane of the Milky Way.
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoThe Solar System sits about 20.5 parsecs above the galactic plane, so not really edge on.
I’m not sure which way M87 points, but for Saggitarius A*, shouldn’t we be seeing it pretty much edge on? Our solar system is in the plane of the Milky Way.
The Solar System sits about 20.5 parsecs above the galactic plane, so not really edge on.