Esta es solo una historia que hace parte de las cientos de colaboraciones que hicieron parte de este ambicioso proyecto. Estas son todas las instituciones que colaboraron para lograr esta fotografía:
Aalto University
Brandeis University
Boston University
Los Alamos National Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
Center for Astronomical Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Centro Astronómico de Yebes, Instituto Geográfico Nacional
Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala Space Observatory, Department of Space, Earth and Environment
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
Cornell University, Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science
Google Research
Hiroshima University, Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Center
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, School of Physics
Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica -- Istituto di Radioastronomia, Italian ALMA Regional Centre
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli
Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (JIVE)
Key Laboratory for Particle Astrophysics, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Key Laboratory for Research in Galaxies and Cosmology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Key Laboratory for the Structure and Evolution of Celestial Objects, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Key Laboratory of Radio Astron., Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kogakuin University of Technology Engineering
Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
Leiden University, Allegro / Leiden Observatory
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik
Nanjing University, Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics / School of Astronomy and Space Science
National Optical Astronomical Observatory
National Radio Astronomical Observatory
National Sun Yat-Sen University, Physics Depatment
National Taiwan University, Department of Physics
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
Nederlandse Onderzoekschool voor Astronomie
Peking University, Department of Astronomy, School of Physics / Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Rhodes University, Centre for Radio Astronomy Techniques and Technologies, Department of Physics and Electronics
Seoul National University, Department of Physics and Astronomy
School of Astronomy and Space Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tohoku University, Astronomy Institute / Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Department of Statistical Science / Department of Astronomical Science
The Institute of Statistical Mathematics
The University of Tokyo, Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science / Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
Universidad de Concepción, Astronomy Department
Universitat de València (Departament d’Astronomia i Astrofísica / Observatori Astronòmic)
University College London, Mullard Space Science Laboratory
University of Amsterdam, Anton Pannekoek Institute & GRAPPA
University of California Berkeley, Radio Astronomy Laboratory
University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Physics
University of Illinois, Department of Astronomy / Department of Physics
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Astronomy
University of Pretoria, Department of Physics
University of St. Petersburg, Astronomy Institute
University of Science and Technology
University of Science and Technology of China, Astronomy Department
University of Toronto, Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
University of Waterloo, Waterloo Center for Astrophysics / Department of Physics and Astronomy
Yonsei University, Department of Astronomy
Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences
No se pierda su charla en la que explica todo el proceso de obtención de las imágenes. Atención a partir del minuto 5:15 hasta el 12:51, tiempo en el que explica como EHT aprovecha la rotación de la Tierra para recoger los máximos datos posibles que se esperaban sirvieran para formar la imagen. En ese momento aún no se había observado, un poco más de un año después en abril de 2019 finalmente logró verse: