Imagine that you are a safe distance from a black hole, watching as a giant indestructable clock (with its sec

Question

Imagine that you are a safe distance from a black hole, watching as a giant indestructable clock (with its second, minute, and hour hands lit by an internal white light source) fell towards the event horizon. What would you see?

the hands on the clock would appear to move more and more rapidly, and the clock's appearance would slowly turn more and more blue. Then it would suddenly vanish.
the hands on the clock would appear to move more and more rapidly, and the clock's appearance would dim, and slowly turn more and more red, until the clock vanished.
the hands on the clock would appear to move more and more slowly, and the clock's appearance would would dim and slowly turn more and more reddish. Before it was too dim to see, it would seem to be virtually motionless.
the hands on the clock would appear to move more and more slowly until they began to turn backwards at twice the radius of the event horizon. Its colors would also change from redish to bluish at this po

Answer 1

The hands would appear to go more and more slowly and the image would be red shifted.

Answer 2

the hands on the clock would appear to move more and more rapidly, and the clock's appearance would slowly turn more and more blue. Then it would suddenly vanish.
the hands on the clock would appear to move more and more rapidly, and the clock's appearance would dim, and slowly turn more and more red, until the clock vanished.
the hands on the clock would appear to move more and more slowly, and the clock's appearance would would dim and slowly turn more and more reddish. Before it was too dim to see, it would seem to be virtually motionless.
the hands on the clock would appear to move more and more slowly until they began to turn backwards at twice the radius of the event horizon. Its colors would also change from redish to bluish at this point.

However, at some point the blackhole would prevent the light from escaping the clock and it would vanish.

Answer 3

oh i read this last nit let me find the book,ok i found it il type it all for u about the clock."clocks approaching the event horizon of a black hole would appear to an outside observer to slow down.as they neared the event horizon,their ticks would become more and more spaced out.their last tick,infinitely long, would take place just as the clocks reached the event horizon."i hope that cleared it up lol

Answer 4

The image would be red shifted as the hands appered to move evermore slowly until eventually they would appear to stop altogeather. (there is no safe distance from a black hole.)

Answer 5

Since it is moving away, you would observe it to be a reddish color due to redshift

Answer 6

A question with a built-in answer. Novel!

Answer 7

Eh? Steven Hawkins go to bed...............lol