U of A astronomers capture unprecedented view of supermassive black hole in action
University of Arizona astronomers have now produced the highest resolution direct images ever taken of a supermassive black hole in the infrared, using the Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer.
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Hackaday Prize Entry: Radio Telescope Interferometer
IMFR11GHz is a Michelson interferometer, in which a light source is split into two beams, which are reflected by mirrors back to the detector. [alfazoOm] is basing his telescope off of the Stony ...
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The Riddle Surrounding Red Supergiant Stars
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer astronomers have constructed the most detailed image ever of this, or any star other than the Sun. Using the same data they have also made the ...
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U of A researchers capture sharpest images yet of a supermassive black hole
A team that included University of Arizona astronomers captured the infrared image of the supermassive black hole using a Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer.
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Zooming in on a supermassive black hole in action
In contrast, images from other interferometers, such as the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI), are reconstructed from computations interpolating the missing imaging information. Combining ...