Black Hole Visualization in Unreal Engine

Re:Black Hole Visualization in Unreal Engine by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @03:33AM (#24774118)

Wouldn't that - theoretically speaking - be really difficult and cost a lot of energy (delta-v), just like how it costs a lot to get closer to our sun?

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Re:Black Hole Visualization in Unreal Engine by saagarjha on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @05:01AM (#24774609)

Depends on the black hole! For Sagittarius A* you’d need about 250 km/s in delta-v. If you’re targeting a supermassive black hole in another galaxy you’ll need at least 500 km/s to leave ours.

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Re:Black Hole Visualization in Unreal Engine by chronolitus on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @05:27AM (#24774760)

For comparison getting to LEO (low earth orbit) is ~10km/s, getting from LEO to moon is ~6km/s, from LEO to the sun is ~30km/s.

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