Monday Astronomy Picture Ponderings 5/16/2022

Imaging the black hole at the center of our galaxy

The Milky Way’s Black Hole from NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day for May 13th, 2022. Image Credit: X-ray — NASA/CXC/SAO, IR — NASA/HST/STScI; Inset: Radio — Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

Welcome back to the Monday Astronomy Picture Ponderings (MAPPs) series where every Monday I normally pick one of NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) entries from the past seven days to focus on in some way.

Two weeks ago, I chose to focus on the first image of a black hole from 2019 for that week’s…