Originally posted by: Fronic
Those stars be truckin'.
That's our galactic center, correct?
Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Stupid question, but why are some of the stars moving away from it?
Viper GTS
Originally posted by: TheCorm
Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Stupid question, but why are some of the stars moving away from it?
Viper GTS
that's what I was thinking...
Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Stupid question, but why are some of the stars moving away from it?
Viper GTS
Don't think so 2 dimensionally. Those other stars could be hundreds or thousands of lightyears away from the black hole. They just happen to be in the same field of view.Originally posted by: maziwanka
this is awesome but i dont get why the other stars dont move either (there are stars closer to the black hole that dont move at all - or at least there appear to be).
Originally posted by: MacBaine
I have a feeling that the stars aren't necessarity moving, moveover their light is being bent. The angle between our planet, the blackhole, and the stars is changing, causing light passing near the blackhole to be bent at different angles, making it appear to use as if the stars are moving.
This accounts for the seemingly confusing motion of some of the stars (some moving opposite directions), as some stars are behind the black hole, some are on one side, some are on the other, etc. most likely the stars aren't being 'sucked in'.
Originally posted by: Regs
How fascinating for it to be if one day we made a craft to observe a black hole.
Originally posted by: bernse
Don't think so 2 dimensionally. Those other stars could be hundreds or thousands of lightyears away from the black hole. They just happen to be in the same field of view.Originally posted by: maziwanka
this is awesome but i dont get why the other stars dont move either (there are stars closer to the black hole that dont move at all - or at least there appear to be).
Originally posted by: MacBaine
Originally posted by: Regs
How fascinating for it to be if one day we made a craft to observe a black hole.
I think that would have some trouble with taxpayers...
"We're going to build this ship to send into a point of infinite density where it will surely be ripped apart before being completely broken down on the subatomic level and all its matter will cease to exist as we know it. It'll cost 800 Billion and it will get there in 60,000 years. Questions?"