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Is that a 2-dimensional black hole?
Image is passing BEHIND the black hole, not through it.
David F Mayer
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2/26/2006 3:55:17 PM
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RayTracing in General Relativity: How Einstein would look passing near a black hole
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Daniel
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2/25/2006 4:12:27 AM
Questions about time dilation and intense gravity of black holes
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SDF
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2/26/2006 3:28:09 PM
re: Questions about time dilation and intense gravity of black holes
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David F Mayer
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2/26/2006 4:05:14 PM
Keep that nobel prize handy (my questions were a rhetorical form of persuasion)
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SDF
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2/27/2006 2:25:30 PM
black holes evaporate over time
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Daniel
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2/27/2006 3:51:54 PM
just to press the point a bit, even if it's speculative
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SDF
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2/28/2006 2:55:52 PM
Thanks for that
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Daniel
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2/26/2006 4:24:22 PM
Is that a 2-dimensional black hole?
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SDF
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2/26/2006 2:11:01 PM
it's a 3-D Schwartzchild black hole, but the IMAGE is 2-D
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Daniel
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2/26/2006 4:33:54 PM
Image is passing BEHIND the black hole, not through it.
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David F Mayer
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2/26/2006 3:55:17 PM
I think you mean the OBJECT is passing behind the black hole
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Daniel
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2/26/2006 4:23:27 PM
re: RayTracing in General Relativity
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Fox
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2/25/2006 10:54:57 PM
another good GR movie (from around here)
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Daniel
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2/27/2006 7:56:06 AM
(220 kB download)
(n/t)
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D.
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2/27/2006 8:19:05 AM
re: RayTracing in General Relativity
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Daniel
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2/26/2006 4:45:47 PM
A Thrill Ride to 'the Other Side of Infinity'
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ljk
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2/28/2006 4:20:06 PM
Andrew Hamilton
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Daniel
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2/28/2006 4:53:39 PM
um ..
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D.
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2/28/2006 4:58:17 PM
See also
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ljk
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2/28/2006 5:56:32 PM
thanks for that
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Daniel
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3/1/2006 12:09:49 PM
Evolution of supermassive black holes
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ljk
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3/1/2006 7:44:26 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.