Since a black hole sucks all light back into itself, would you just see a big black "blob" in front of a starr

Question

Since a black hole sucks all light back into itself, would you just see a big black "blob" in front of a starry background?

Answer 1

If there was no gas or matter orbiting the black hole, yes. Since the black hole would also bend light pretty wildly because of its gravity the stars around it would look like you were viewing them through a coke bottle.

Answer 2

Usually not. Since black holes attract mass very strongly there tends to be alot of mass around them, orbiting like a planet orbits a star, but since the black hole is very massive the closer matterial orbits very fast, so can often get ejected very fast and very brightly, so you would likely see this.

You can also often see the star, but not behind the blackhole, it will appear to the sides, because the black hole can bend light (like everything that comes near it), and so you can actually see the star! This is a really important technique used in astronomy to see distant objects, because the effect acts a bit like a lens (its called gravitational lensing).

Answer 3

I dont think you would see a blob, but you would probably lose sight of the star. Recent observations have shown that there are 'rogue' black holes moving around, and we cant always see them, except for when they pass in front of a star. I dont know that this has been observed yet, but it would be observable evidence of the black hole moving in front of the star.

Answer 4

I like Gene's answer. Black holes would not reflect light. Most black holes do not, however, exist in a void. As normal matter falls in, it is shredded by tidal forces, liberating x-ray radiation, and probably other radiation across the electromagnetic spectrum.

Answer 5

i it may be the severe gravity that would desire to weigh down you. yet we actually do no longer understand something for particular. its all thought. truthfully, you would be crushed into nonexistence on the area of singularity, assuming you weren't crushed into no longer something or ineffective earlier that. a singularity is the middle of a black hollow at which rely is crushed to an limitless density, the pull of gravity is infinitely sturdy, and the area-time curvature will become infinitely great.

Answer 6

yes, if the black hole isn't attracting any matter.