r/spaceporn May 29 '22

Black hole - 4K animation by me, 2022 Art/Render

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u/Final-Gain3042 May 30 '22

This is a science question, when we see this gravitational lensing phenomenon in actual black hole photos, would we see it within proximity of the singularity? Don’t you have to be much further away from the object to see gravitational lensing?

Very cool indeed!

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u/-Aeryn- May 30 '22

Don’t you have to be much further away from the object to see gravitational lensing?

Many of the examples of gravitational lensing are on distant objects because it's difficult to find something of sufficient mass which is between you and a light source otherwise, but distance is not a requirement.