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« on: September 05, 2008, 01:25:24 PM »

Astronomers have by combining 3 telescopes.

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Astronomers have taken the closest look ever at the giant black hole in the center of the Milky Way. By combining telescopes in Hawaii, Arizona, and California, they detected structure at a tiny angular scale of 37 micro-arcseconds - the equivalent of a baseball seen on the surface of the moon, 240,000 miles distant. These observations are among the highest resolution ever done in astronomy.

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« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2008, 01:57:59 PM »

That is fascinating Bobby. I find black holes very interesting.
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