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The Astrophysical Journal Letters· 2022Q1

First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way

Kazunori Akiyama, A. Alberdi, W. Alef, Juan Carlos Algaba et al.

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The Event Horizon Telescope captured the first image of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), revealing a bright ring of emission with a diameter of 51.8 ± 2.3 μas, consistent with a Kerr black hole of ~4x10^6 solar masses.

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Field: Astronomy and Astrophysics

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