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Originally Posted by LewisM
So, is it a torus shape - absolutely what I thought it should look like (unlike the "Saturnesque" Hoolyweird renditions)?
Well, it seems to be a torus to me, and would make sense in terms of physics.
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Allan Duffy gave a good description on ABC news this morning, and yes to us, from our perspective it looks like a torus. The difference in brightness is caused by matter in the event horizon appearing to move towards us in the spin cycle, with the darker areas moving away from us.
Allan also mentioned that Sagitarius A was tried but it was too messy to get a clear image, which I take it meant that the perspective did not favour trying. They have Sag A data so maybe in the future we will see it as well.