Coloring Black Holes: Epistemic and Aesthetic Choices in Astronomical Imaging

arXiv:2607.14928 · physics.hist-ph, astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.IM, gr-qc · Submitted 2026-07-16 · Read on arXiv

Rodrigo Ochigame, Emilie Skulberg, Jeroen van Dongen

physics.hist-ph, astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.IM, gr-qc

Submitted: 2026-07-16

Comments: To appear in Philosophy of Physics

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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