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epilys@chaos.social wrote:
From "An Illustrated History of Black Hole Imaging"
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- Series of snapshots showing what an observer approaching a black hole would see. Initially, it's a bright spot in the distance with stars filling the rest of the visual field. Suddenly the very bright accretion disk (gas and matter surrounding the black hole) expands showing the black spot in the center which is the event horizon of the black hole. As the observer approaches the event horizon, space and mind is bent. (remote)
- A wireframe model of the combined gravitational and doppler shift effects on the light of the accretion disk of a black hole. (remote)
- An infographic showing the path of the light from the accretion disk to the observer. The light from "behind" the black hole is pulled into the front, resulting in both front and behind being visible. (remote)
