
What does our black hole look like?
Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe
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The Black Hole Is in the Middle of the Galaxy
The centre of the galaxy is clouded with gas and with dust, so in order to see stuff you have to use special kinds of telescopes. We can track the path of these stars and see as they move around - that tells us sort of where the black hole should be,. And it tells us how massive it is. But i guess the black cole doesn't shine tho, right? Because it iits a black oe. And it's also super duper duper small, right? So the kind of thing that we're looking for is really, really tiny. It's like if you ere tring to take a picture of a doughnut that was on the surface
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