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c/firstimage · by rattymeantime@lemmy.world · 3y

First accurate image of the appearance of a black hole, made using punch cards on an IBM 7040. 1979

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Aremel@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y

Is this a simulation? I thought the first image of a black hole was in 2019?

TCGM@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y (2 replies)

If this is from 1979 why the hell did media have the wrong black hole visualizations for 4 more decades

AlataOrange@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Aye, something seems fishy here. Sources?

fubbernuckin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

https://www.snopes.com/articles/466203/first-image-black-hole/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Luminet