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[-] OrganicMustard@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

The second one. The image is simulated as how an external observer would see it. It was firstly done for the Interstellar movie.

[-] Natanael@slrpnk.net 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The first simulated images were actually computed decades ago, but I think Interstellar had the most detailed simulation by a high margin

https://www.cnrs.fr/en/press/first-ever-image-black-hole-cnrs-researcher-had-simulated-it-early-1979

Interstellar spent 100 hours of mainframe compute time per frame to simulate a black hole

https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/black-hole-photo-christopher-nolan-insterstellar-predicted-look-1202057414/

[-] OrganicMustard@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Wow, that first one is so cool.

Yeah, I misremembered the Interstellar paper that said it was the first simulation for a movie and thought it was the first image simulation ever. It's even referencing the old one there.

[-] unknown@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Cool, thought for a long time there it was just an artistic liberty; but this is much cooler.

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