I skyggen af et sort hul

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) — en sammenkobling af radioteleskoper over hele jordkloden i et internationalt samarbejde - er iværksat for at kunne tage et billede af et sort hul. Idag fortalte EHT-forskere i koordinerede pressekonferencer rundt omkring på Jorden, at det er lykkedes. Nu har vi for første gang direkt visuel bekræftelse af et supertungt sort hul og dets skygge.

Filmen her varer 17 minutter, og den omhandler baggrunden for dette historiske billede; helt fra Einsteins og Schwarzschilds teorier og til problemerne og den endelige succes med EHT-samarbejdet.

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ESO

Directed by: Lars Lindberg Christensen
Art Direction, Production Design: Martin Kornmesser
Written by: Sarah Leach, Laura Hiscott, Lars Lindberg Christensen and Calum Turner
3D animations and graphics: Martin Kornmesser and Luis Calçada
Editing: Martin Kornmesser
Producer: Herbert Zodet
Music: Johan B. Monell – Shadow of the Universe Part I-Shadow Of The Universe (parts 1-5) (www.johanmonell.com) and Stellardrone – Galaxies.
Footage and photos: ESO, Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration, ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), IRAM/Diverticimes/Cinedia, Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, BlackHoleCam/Radboud University/Cristian Afker/Cafker Productions, Digitized Sky Survey 2, De Gasperin et al., Kim et al., mediomix, ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/General Dynamics C4 Systems, Nicolle R. Fuller/NSF, Jordy Davelaar et al., B. Tafreshi (twanight.org), C. Malin (christophmalin.com), Glen Petitpas/SMA,P. Horálek, James Lowenthal (Dept. of Astronomy, Smith College), J. Weintroub, SMT/Used with permission from University of Arizona, David Harvey, photographer, William Montgomerie/JCMT/EAO,LMT/INAOE Archive, M. Druckmüller, P. Aniol SMT/University of Arizona by Bob Demers /©2019 Arizona Board of Regents, Junhan Kim (Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, University of Arizona), Spaceengine.org, L. Calçada, Y. Beletsky (LCO), M. Kornmesser, H. Zodet, ESA/Hubble,Onsala Space Observatory, Historische Museum Bern/Albert-Einstein-Archiv, Jerusalem, Ferdinand Schmutzer, Royal Observatory, Greenwich, Jonathan Riley,Luca Micheli, Karl Schwarzschild image courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Afshin Darian/The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Submillimeter Array, Thalia Traianou (Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy), Steven H. Keys and http://www.keysphotography.com, and Robert Schwarz (www.antarctic-adventures.de).
Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova.
Web and technical support: Mathias André and Raquel Yumi Shida.
Executive producer: Lars Lindberg Christensen.