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What is a "Direct" Image of a Shadow? A History and Epistemology of Directness in Black Hole Research.

In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration released the first image of the shadow of a black hole. Starting off with its early history, and then moving on to these recent developments, we trace the concept of directness in black hole imaging. Throughout this history, "direct observatio...

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Published in:Centaurus: Journal of the European Society for the History of Science Vol. 67; no. 1; pp. 146 - 173
Main Authors: SKULBERG, EMILIE, ELDER, JAMEE
Format: Article
Published: Brepols Publishers 2025
Subjects:
Event Horizon Telescope
Theory of knowledge
Imaging systems in astronomy
Image processing
Philosophy of science
Empirical research
Visual literacy
History of astronomy
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