The situation from our point of view (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Science

The situation from our point of view

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The situation seen "face-on", i.e. how we would actually observe it from Earth. The extra images of the galaxy become increasingly squeezed and distorted, the closer we look at the black hole.

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credit: Peter Laursen.

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