• Specal@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    10 months ago

    Yes but no, the Black hole photograph was more of an interpretation of data. Pictures like this are actual photographs.

    • BoastfulDaedra@lemmynsfw.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      10 months ago

      Photographs are interpretations of data. That one was made with a composite image from a telescope the size of the planet, with an exposure time of an entire year.

      I swear people think cameras are magic or something.