The orbit of the hot spot around Sagittarius A* (IMAGE)

ESO

The orbit of the hot spot around Sagittarius A*

Caption

This shows a still image of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*, as seen by the Event Horizon Collaboration (EHT), with an artist’s illustration indicating where the modelling of the ALMA data predicts the hot spot to be and its orbit around the black hole.

Credit

EHT Collaboration, ESO/M. Kornmesser (Acknowledgment: M. Wielgus) [[Credit must be given to the creator and the European Southern Observatory must be mentioned in the media article.]]

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