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		Jerrrry on March 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Visualizing black holes with general relativistic ... Black holes are the best mirrors if you can position yourself accordingly. It'd be interesting to have the camera make an appearance, since that should happen, right above the tangential line of the event horizon.

IntrepidWorm on March 16, 2022 [–]

Mirrors and lenses, too! Using a dormant black hole as a telescope could be a really interesting way of gettong a good look at some really distant objects. Getting in position to use it as such would be challenging, to put it mildly.

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