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Highest-resolution black hole images ever taken usher in a new era (www.earth.com)

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[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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.

[-] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

The Solar System sits about 20.5 parsecs above the galactic plane, so not really edge on.

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