Explanation request
I haven't seen a labelled version of this image yet. I wonder if any of the astronomical commentards can help me? Would I be right in thinking that :-
The bright spot at 8 o'clock is caused by relativistic beaming of the part of the accretion disk heading towards us.
The dark "spot" at 2 o'clock is the accretion disk heading away from us.
The bright crescent between 3 and 6 is actually light from the underside of the disk being refracted around the black hole.
The faint red patches at 11 and 5 are relativistic jets.
Enquiring minds have been let down by the mainstream media!
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