
The Russian space observatory "Spektr-M" (Millimetron), which is scheduled to launch in 2035, will be able to study supermassive black holes in the center of the Milky Way and the M87 galaxy much more accurately, said Vyacheslav Avdeev, a scientist at the ASC FIAN.
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The Spektr-M observatory is being developed for astrophysical research in the millimeter and submillimeter ranges.
The Russian space observatory Spektr-M (Millimetron), which is scheduled to launch in 2035, will be able to view the supermassive black holes located at the center of the Milky Way and the M87 galaxy much more accurately. RIA Novosti reports this with reference to Vyacheslav Avdeev, a researcher at the Astrospace Center of the Peter Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (AKC FIAN).
“An instrument like our Millimetron, which is currently being developed, will be able to examine, firstly, known black holes with much better quality, about ten times, but it will be able to see several more black holes in other galaxies that are currently inaccessible to the event horizon telescope,” the specialist noted.
In June, a representative of the Scientific and Production Association (NPO) named after Semyon Lavochkin, Alexander Shakhanov, said that the new space telescope Spektr-UV, which will become the Russian successor to the American orbital observatory Hubble, is planned to be launched on October 24, 2031.
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