#2135: M87 Black Hole Size Comparison

XKCD comic, described below.
Transcript

[Caption above the panel:]

Size comparison:

The M87 Black Hole

and

Our Solar System

[Caption at top left of the panel:]

EHT Black Hole Image

Source: NSF

[An image of the M87 black hole captured by the event horizon telescope on the day that this comic was published is shown, in the shape of a thick red-and-yellow ring on a black background.]

[A white ring about 1/4 of the diameter of the central black portion of the image is labelled with an arrow:]

Pluto

[A small white circle at the center of the image is labelled with an arrow:]

Sun

[A small white dot on the right hand edge of the central black portion of the image is labelled with an arrow:]

Voyager 1


(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

Title text:I think Voyager 1 would be just past the event horizon, but slightly less than halfway to the bright ring.


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