The First Black Hole Image Simulation

Posted: 2025-05-04 08:16:31 UTC

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In 1978, French astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Luminet hand-plotted the first simulated image of a black hole, calculated using an IBM 7040 computer with 1960 punch cards.

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First simulated image of a black hole

Calculated with an IBM 7040 computer

Hand-plotted by Jean-Pierre Luminet

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Complex calculations

Limited computing technology

Manual plotting

The First Black Hole Image Simulation

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