Friday 10 December 2010

Images of the Universe in a Black Hole



Black holes (black holes) are still a mystery of the universe is much studied by scientists. Black hole is large enough concentration of mass so as to produce the gravitational force and mass density is so great. A large force of gravity prevents anything escape from it, including light.

You can imagine what is seen around the black hole at any sucked into it. Intrigued by this Alain from the Institut d'Astrophysique Riazuelo de Paris was simulated by combining a collection of space imagery. The result, a stunning three-dimensional picture.
"Near the black hole, you can see the whole universe. The light from various directions will be refracted and returned to you," he said as quoted by the Daily Mail, Thursday (12/09/2010).

Riazuelo using space imagery catches 2MASS Infrared Sky Survey and process them into the computer. Through imagery, Riazuelo clearly illustrates the refraction of light that occurs.
According to him, the strong gravity of black holes and the refraction of light occur causing an unusual visual distortion. Every star in the normal frame will have at least two light, one on each side of the black hole.
In the picture above, pale-blue circle shows two Small Magellanic Cloud shadows.While the magenta ring shows two shadows of Alpha and Beta Centauri. Yellow ring shows two shadow from Gamma Crucis.

Two shadow Calopus found inside a white ring. The shadow of Sirrius located on the left black holes and brown. The brightest star that sits at the bottom of the picture is Achemar.

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