Recent content by PG1

tnx both! Well I was just a little frustrated (and acted that out abit too much :) ) to be pointed back to the only place I had, and one that I can never have a discussion with. I am happy too be here @BvU we make metal alkyls, not many of us around, pretty interesting stuff with some nice...

Thank you very much, that is very helpfull indeed. ps. (very long) Please understand not eveyone is in a position to discuss these things on a campus, with friend or at work. I work at a chemical plant as a shift supervisor and there are plenty of engineers and chemical engineers to talk about...

The answer that you find so obvious has two other gurus of these forum in a discussion of what is the case (Orodruin and Ibix) so asserting its "basic knowledge" seems moot. I won't bother you anymore though, you want me out, iam out.

I am sorry, and I don't want to be cross with anyone but.. This is a forum about these kinds of discussions is it not? I realize the question might be childish or something to you, but just pointing to google defeats the entire purpose of having this platform imho. Tnx Orodruin and Ibix, that...

Thanks both! I have seen the image of that hole and I sort of get why it looks like that. But let's imagine an ancient bh without a disk and me being an observer outside its radius, would the gravitational lensing cause the stars etc behind it to "appear in front of the hole"(Effectively...

If I was looking at a black hole head on (from outside its Schwarzschild radius), would I be able to discern it? Would the stars etc from behind the hole be gravitationally lensed as to "obscure" the hole? Would any of this change when positioned ON, or within, its Schwarzschild radius? Excuse...

Hi all, My name is Peter, and I am an old fart from the Netherlands. I have no formal education in any of this stuff, but I find all of space/physics/quantum (and any valid combination) excedingly interesting. I may come with some "silly" questions for the initiated, but please be patient with...