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This collection includes the iconic black-background edition and the Original Drawing Edition, inspired by the appearance of his India ink artwork before it was reproduced as a photographic negative.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"jean-pierre-luminet-black-hole-print-1979","title":"Black Hole, 1979","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePublished in \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e1979\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlack Hole\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eImage of a Spherical Black Hole with Thin Accretion Disk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e) by \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean-Pierre Luminet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ebecame the first scientifically accurate visualization of a black hole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThere was no photograph to work from. Using an IBM 7040 computer, Luminet calculated how gravity would bend light around a black hole before meticulously translating the results into a hand-drawn image using India ink on photographic negative paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe image was based entirely on mathematics. Forty years later, in \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, the Event Horizon Telescope released the first direct image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy Messier 87.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe resemblance was striking, confirming just how remarkably accurate Luminet’s calculations had been.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCarefully restored from the original and reproduced as a museum-quality fine art print.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prodigi","offers":[{"title":"8\"x16\" - 20x40cm \/ Gallery edition \/ Fine Art Paper, unframed","offer_id":50850153234772,"sku":"blackhole_black_8x16","price":35.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"8\"x16\" - 20x40cm \/ Full-image \/ Fine Art Paper, unframed","offer_id":51503509569876,"sku":"blackhole_black_8x16_full","price":35.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"10\"x20\" - 25x50cm \/ Gallery edition \/ Fine Art Paper, unframed","offer_id":50850153267540,"sku":"blackhole_black_10x20","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"10\"x20\" - 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