The Black Hole in the Galactic Center
Zooming into the Black Hole
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Finally, we show a short movie which starts with real data of the
Galactic Center and Sagittarius A*. First we increase the resolution
until we reach the zoom achieved by VLBI. Then we decrease the
wavelength until we reach a wavelength of 3mm after which no good
structural information exists and the guessing begins. One can see how
around 1.3mm wavelengths (see the number at the top) the shadow
becomes visible. We then further decrease the wavelength and in the
end vary the model a little bit. Click on the image to start the movie
(2.7 Mb, needs MPEG viewer and may take a while to download).
(Figure: Zooming into the radio emission of the Galactic Center - click to download movie into external viewer)
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Contact: Heino Falcke
