November 27, 1995
The light from the farthest visible stars set out on its journey long before your first birthday.
Too Close to a Black Hole
Birthday · November 27, 1995
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APOD published November 27, 1995. Credit: Robert Nemiroff, (GMU, NASA/ GSFC). A publication-date match, not a photo taken on your date. Independent of NASA.
What would you see if you went right up to a black hole? Above are two computer generated pictures highlighting how strange things would look. On the left is a normal star field containing the constellation Orion. Notice the three stars of nearly equal brightness that make up Orion's Belt. On the right is the same star field but this time with a black hole superposed in the center of the frame. The
Image credit: Robert Nemiroff, (GMU, NASA/ GSFC)