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 maze Spring 2019 ASTR 2030 Black Holes: Homework

  1. Draw a Relativistic Scene (pdf) at 60%, or 80% or 90% or 95% of the speed of light.
    Due in class Wed Feb 6.
    Best scenes
  2. Sagittario (pdf). Due in class Wed Mar 6.
  3. Black Hole Threatens Earth (pdf). Due in class Wed Apr 17.
  4. Hawking Radiation (pdf). Due in class Wed May 1.

These are my (Andrew Hamilton's) rendering of relativistically distorted scenes. Don't copy these: use your originality, and construct your own artistic scene! Yes I cheated, I used the BHFS to make these.

Normal scene.
Left Fore Right Aft


60% of the speed of light.

80% of the speed of light.

90% of the speed of light.

95% of the speed of light.

99% of the speed of light.

99.9% of the speed of light.


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Updated 2019 May 4