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 maze Fall 2009 ASTR 2030 Black Holes: Homework

  1. Draw a Relativistic Scene (pdf) at 60%, or 80% or 90% or 95% of the speed of light.
    The templates show projections of lines on a sphere on to four sides of a box (pdf).
    Due in class Tue Sep 15.
  2. Sagittario (pdf). Due in class Tue Oct 13.
  3. Black Hole Threatens Earth (pdf). Due in class Th Nov 12.
  4. Hawking Radiation (pdf). Due in class Tue Dec 8.

These are my (Andrew Hamilton's) rendering of relativistically distorted scenes. Don't copy these: use your originality, and construct your own artistic scene!


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 2009 Dec 1