Flash: Event Horizon Telescope

[Rockstar]

Mark your calendars!

Event Horizon Telescope collaboration to announce groundbreaking Milky Way results on May 12th, 2022, at 13:00 UT

April 29, 2022
Simultaneous press conferences will announce groundbreaking results from the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, those will be synchronised at 13:00 Universal Time on May 12th, 2022. Those will be held in collaboration with the USA National Science Foundation, the European Southern Observatory, the Joint ALMA Observatory, and other funding agencies and institutions. These events will also be streamed online. A selection of the events is listed, by alphabetical order of location (local times are provided).

Garching bei München, European Southern Observatory, see ESO Media Advisory (15:00 CEST) - Live streaming at ESO Website and ESO YouTube Channel

Mexico City, CONACyT, see CONACyT Media Advisory (08:00 CDT) - Live streaming at CONACyT YouTube Channel

Santiago de Chile, Joint ALMA Observatory, see ALMA Media Advisory (09:00 CLT)

Shanghai, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, see Shanghai Astronomical Observatory Media Advisory (21:00 CST)

Taipei, Academia Sinica Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (21:00 CST)

Tokyo, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

Washington D.C., National Press Club, see National Science Foundation Media Advisory (09:00 EDT) - Live streaming at NSF Webpage and NSF Facebook

Additional events are planned in Madrid (15:00 CEST), South Korea (22:00 KST), and other locations. Further updates will be provided in this blog entry. For further information, please follow the links above.

[mapuc]

Ach I have an appointment that day and on that hour.

Hope is that some green men have waved to the telescope from some planet nearby.

Markus

[Jeff-Groves]

Already seen the Event Horizon.

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[Rockstar]

I saw it too. One of the best horror movies eva’

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[Skybird]

That movie still gives me the creeps even when just recalling it.

[Rockstar]

The old Boris Karloff movie Black Sabbath (1963) consisted I think of four short stories. One them was The Drop of Water. I can’t watch it and bury my head in a pillow when in one scene the old lady comes back to life. It still gives me the heebie jeebies.

[Catfish]

Also thought of the film when i read Rockstar's post.

Mankind lives in a black hole anyway, even if the telescope will not prove this.

[Dowly]

IIRC, they've been observing the black hole in the center of our galaxy, so that's probably what the announcement is about. :hmmm:

[Skybird]

It sounds as if they finally found our way out of all this.

[Gerald]

Also thought of the film when i read Rockstar's post.

Mankind lives in a black hole anyway, even if the telescope will not prove this.
Indeed we do!

[Rockstar]

James Webb Space Telescope has reached L2 and operators have made calibrations which I think are complete. Some pics have been taken expecting more soon.

Makes me wonder if the latest news from the Event Horizon Telescope team’s super duper amazing mystery discovery announcement might be an attempt to remain relevant and keep the funding flowing.

https://youtu.be/UAx-D0GCvnI

[Dowly]

Makes me wonder if the latest news from the Event Horizon Telescope team’s super duper amazing mystery discovery announcement might be an attempt to remain relevant and keep the funding flowing.No. The two projects have wildly different aims and wildly different capabilities suited to meet those aims.

[Skybird]

Sagittarius A at the centre of the galaxy is confirmed to be a black hole. This they announced in seven press conferences around the globe. Seems they were afraid the monster bugger at the centre of our galaxy would suck their TV transmissions in and so they wanted to be sure. :D



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