Scientists to unveil first ever real picture of black hole

fatbob5 wrote:The world is just days away from viewing the first ever real picture of a black hole, captured by the first run of the Event Horizon Telescope.

Instead of a single giant instrument, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is a project connecting dozens of observatories to scan the environment directly around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. .................

https://news.sky.com/story/amp/scientists-to-unveil-first-ever-real-picture-of-black-hole-11687509

Flap Zappa wrote:whilst no mean feat, it is in no way a picture. It is a radio image translated into false colours.

nicko wrote:Looks like a "ring" doughnut !

fatbob5 wrote:

Flap Zappa wrote:whilst no mean feat, it is in no way a picture. It is a radio image translated into false colours.

It could be argued that all colours are artificial constructs of the mind.
When you look at a blue sky, is it really blue as you perceive it?