Event Horizon Telescope Animated Movie

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is an international collaboration aiming to capture the first image of a black hole by creating a virtual Earth-sized telescope. This short animated movie explains some of the nuts and bolts behind this ambitious endeavour.

To learn more, visit the official EHT website, https://eventhorizontelescope.org. You can also find the EHT on Twitter --   / ehtelescope   -- and on Facebook --   / ehtelescope   !

Credits:
Animation: Chris Jones (https://www.chrisjonesanimation.com/)
Screenplay: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/sao/)
Narration: Alex Hanson (https://alexhanson13.wordpress.com/)
Funded by: National Science Foundation (https://www.nsf.gov/)

Subtitles are translated to various languages by EHT scientists from all over the world. Currently available languages: Bulgarian, Chinese (traditional and simplified), Croatian, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Polish, and Spanish. More are coming soon!