Virtual Telescope May 2026

Specialized supercomputers called correlators mathematically weed out noise and combine data streams from disparate locations to create a high-resolution final image. 2. The Virtual Observatory (VO): A Digital Universe

In 2019, the EHT collaboration captured the first direct image of a black hole in the M87 galaxy, a feat requiring magnification equivalent to reading a text on a phone in New York from a sidewalk café in Paris. Virtual telescope

A Virtual Observatory (VO) is not a physical instrument but a web-based research environment that allows astronomers to "interrogate" vast archives of astrophysical data. Virtual telescope