<P> The Event Horizon Telescope ( EHT ) is a project to create a large telescope array consisting of a global network of radio telescopes and combining data from several very - long - baseline interferometry ( VLBI ) stations around the Earth . The aim is to observe the immediate environment of the Milky Way 's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * , as well as the even larger black hole in Messier 87 , with angular resolution comparable to the black hole 's event horizon . </P>
what is the purpose of the event horizon telescope
to observe the immediate environment of the Milky Way 's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * , as well as the even larger black hole in Messier 87 , with angular resolution comparable to the black hole 's event horizon