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	<title>Comments on: Event Horizon Telescope</title>
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		<title>By: RL</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2016/01/10/54645/#comment-35358</link>
		<dc:creator>RL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2016 20:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.iflscience.com/space/have-astronomers-found-milky-ways-second-most-massive-black-hole

so there are some rare intermediate mass black holes but they are rare and far away....</description>
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<p>so there are some rare intermediate mass black holes but they are rare and far away&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: ER</title>
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		<dc:creator>ER</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The maximum theoretical resolution R of a radio telescope interferometer, 

from https://lcogt.net/spacebook/radio-telescopes/

is

&lt;strong&gt;R = 2.5 x 10^5 x W/D&lt;/strong&gt;, 

where R is in arcseconds and W (wavelength) and D (baseline) are in meters

W = 1.3mm = 1.3 x 10^-3 M
D = 1.2742 x 10^7 M  (diameter of the earth)

R = (2.5 x 1.3/1.2742) x 10^-5
&lt;strong&gt;R = 2.551 x 10^-5 arcsec&lt;/strong&gt;



1 AU = 1.496 x 10^8 km
Black hole diameter = 4.4 x 10^7 km  = 2.941 x 10^-1  AU 
Black Hole distance = 26000 ly = 7.975 x10^3 parsecs

The apparent angular size of an object is (size in AU)/(distance in pc).
Apparent angular size on the celestial sphere of the black hole is

(2.941 x 10^-1) / (7.975 x 10^3) = 0.3688 x 10^-4 
&lt;strong&gt;Angular size = 3.688 x 10^-5 arcsec&lt;/strong&gt;

So in the image formed by the interferometer, the black hole will be on the order of one pixel.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The maximum theoretical resolution R of a radio telescope interferometer, </p>
<p>from <a href="https://lcogt.net/spacebook/radio-telescopes/" rel="nofollow">https://lcogt.net/spacebook/radio-telescopes/</a></p>
<p>is</p>
<p><strong>R = 2.5 x 10^5 x W/D</strong>, </p>
<p>where R is in arcseconds and W (wavelength) and D (baseline) are in meters</p>
<p>W = 1.3mm = 1.3 x 10^-3 M<br />
D = 1.2742 x 10^7 M  (diameter of the earth)</p>
<p>R = (2.5 x 1.3/1.2742) x 10^-5<br />
<strong>R = 2.551 x 10^-5 arcsec</strong></p>
<p>1 AU = 1.496 x 10^8 km<br />
Black hole diameter = 4.4 x 10^7 km  = 2.941 x 10^-1  AU<br />
Black Hole distance = 26000 ly = 7.975 x10^3 parsecs</p>
<p>The apparent angular size of an object is (size in AU)/(distance in pc).<br />
Apparent angular size on the celestial sphere of the black hole is</p>
<p>(2.941 x 10^-1) / (7.975 x 10^3) = 0.3688 x 10^-4<br />
<strong>Angular size = 3.688 x 10^-5 arcsec</strong></p>
<p>So in the image formed by the interferometer, the black hole will be on the order of one pixel.</p>
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		<title>By: RL</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2016/01/10/54645/#comment-35053</link>
		<dc:creator>RL</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 04:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Schwarzchild radius grows linearly with the mass of the object...

The black hole at the center of our galaxy is ~4million solar masses and is 30,000 ly away. The nearest black hole is hundreds of ly away and will only have a few solar masses...

The black holes at the centers of galaxies are special beasts, most black holes carry only the mass of the star that created them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Schwarzchild radius grows linearly with the mass of the object&#8230;</p>
<p>The black hole at the center of our galaxy is ~4million solar masses and is 30,000 ly away. The nearest black hole is hundreds of ly away and will only have a few solar masses&#8230;</p>
<p>The black holes at the centers of galaxies are special beasts, most black holes carry only the mass of the star that created them.</p>
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		<title>By: ER</title>
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		<dc:creator>ER</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2016 03:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Are there any smaller black holes closer to us of a larger apparent size, that is, that subtend a larger angle on the celestial sphere?

What angular resolution to they expect to achieve (I expect they are using interferometric radio astronomy).

A very bold and ambitious project, and a potentially very important one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are there any smaller black holes closer to us of a larger apparent size, that is, that subtend a larger angle on the celestial sphere?</p>
<p>What angular resolution to they expect to achieve (I expect they are using interferometric radio astronomy).</p>
<p>A very bold and ambitious project, and a potentially very important one.</p>
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