Testing general relativity with a supermassive black hole
This infographic shows a simulation of the outflow (bright red) from a black hole and the accretion disk around it, with simulated images of the three potential shapes of the event horizon’s shadow.
Credit:ESO/N. Bartmann/A. Broderick/C.K. Chan/D. Psaltis/F. Ozel
About the Image
| Id: | eventhorizon-shadows |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | 28 April 2017, 12:01 |
| Size: | 3277 x 3277 px |
About the Object
| Type: | Unspecified : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Black Hole Unspecified : Galaxy : Component : Central Black Hole |
| Category: | Quasars and Black Holes |
