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Previously the only way to image black holes was with the Event Horizon Telescope, a combination of many radio telescopes across the globe. It is complicated and time-consuming. But with Vera Rubin going online soon, there might be a simpler way to observe black holes with a single telescope using a really clever method.

\U0001f7e3 Guest: Dr Matt O'Dowd
\nhttps://www.mattodowd.space/

\U0001f4dc Resolving the Vicinity of Supermassive Black Holes with Gravitational
\nMicrolensing
\nhttps://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.10500

\U0001f449 PBS Spacetime
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• 00:00 Intro
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• 01:45 Observing gravitationally lensed quasars
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• 12:58 Why Vera Rubin
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• 19:04 Best case scenario
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• 23:22 What do we know about black holes
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• 38:21 Current obsessions
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• 44:31 Final thoughts
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