European Southern Observatory (ESO) | 'Black Hole Police' Spot Extragalactic Black Hole (ESOcast 255 Light) @ESOobservatory | Uploaded 2 years ago | Updated 9 minutes ago
The black hole police, a team of astronomers known for debunking black hole discoveries, reported finding a "needle in a haystack". After searching nearly 1000 stars outside our galaxy, they found that one of them has a stellar-mass black hole as a companion. This short video summarises the discovery.
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Directed by: Herbert Zodet and Martin Wallner.
Editing: Herbert Zodet.
Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida.
Written by: Anita Chandran and Rebecca Forsberg.
Music: Stellardrone — Gravitation.
Footage and photos: ESO, L. Calçada, Digitized Sky Survey 2/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)/R. Gendler (http://www.robgendlerastropics.com), M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud survey. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit, ESA/Hubble and Gianluca Lombardi (glphoto.it).
Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova.
The black hole police, a team of astronomers known for debunking black hole discoveries, reported finding a "needle in a haystack". After searching nearly 1000 stars outside our galaxy, they found that one of them has a stellar-mass black hole as a companion. This short video summarises the discovery.
More information and download options: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso2210a
Subscribe to ESOcast in iTunes! itunes.apple.com/podcast/esocast-hd/id295471183?mt=2
Receive future episodes on YouTube by pressing the Subscribe button above or follow us on Vimeo: vimeo.com/esoastronomy
Watch more ESOcast episodes: eso.org/public/videos/archive/category/esocast
Find out how to view and contribute subtitles for the ESOcast in multiple languages, or translate this video on YouTube: eso.org/public/outreach/partnerships/translators
Credit:
ESO
Directed by: Herbert Zodet and Martin Wallner.
Editing: Herbert Zodet.
Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida.
Written by: Anita Chandran and Rebecca Forsberg.
Music: Stellardrone — Gravitation.
Footage and photos: ESO, L. Calçada, Digitized Sky Survey 2/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)/R. Gendler (http://www.robgendlerastropics.com), M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud survey. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit, ESA/Hubble and Gianluca Lombardi (glphoto.it).
Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova.
![[April Fools] Youve never seen or heard the Milky Way black hole like this before](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lKnH0Z_Bcb0/hqdefault.jpg "[April Fools] Youve never seen or heard the Milky Way black hole like this before
Sorry not sorry! We *had* to include our friend Rick Astley in one of our zoom videos. Heres a picture from when he visited our offices in Chile back in 2014: https://www.eso.org/public/images/stars1401a/
Credits: ESO/L. Calçada, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), DSS, VISTA, VVV Survey/D. Minniti DSS, Nogueras-Lara et al., Schoedel, NACO, GRAVITY Collaboration. Music: Martin Stuertzer & Rick Astley")
