Black Hole Simulator – Schwarzschild Lensing

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Cygnus X-1

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OBJECT

Distance from Earth—

View inclination—

Activity—

MASS

110³10⁶10⁹10¹² M☉

Mass (M☉)—

Mass (kg)—

GEOMETRY

Schwarzschild radius r_s—

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Horizon surface area—

Photon sphere (1.5 r_s)—

ISCO (3 r_s)—

QUANTUM

Hawking temp. T_H—

Evaporation time—

ACCRETION

Accretion rate—

Disk luminosity—

Peak disk temperature—

EXTREMES

ISCO orbital period—

Tidal stretch at r_s (2 m)—

Mean density within r_s—

OBSERVER

Camera distance—

Clock rate vs. infinity—

Time-lapse—

Rendered in units of r_s: every non-rotating black hole has the same shape once scaled — mass changes its size, tides, orbital periods & quantum temperature.

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OBJECTS