Visual Astronomy



Close binary with an accretion disk. (The companion is irradiated.)

Close binary with an accretion disk. (The companion is irradiated.)

Astrophysical jets which have corkscrew patterns.



Curved space around a Schwarzschild black hole.

Proper time around a Schwarzschild black hole.

Particle orbits around a Schwarzschild black hole.

Light trajectories around a Schwarzschild black hole.

Gravitational lens around a point mass. (Approximate figure)

Gravitational lens around a point mass.

Einstein ring around a point mass. (Approximate figure)

Einstein ring around a point mass.



Relativistic accretion disk viewed from the side (declination angle=10 degree).

Relativistic accretion disk viewed from the side (declination angle=5 degree).

Relativistic accretion disk viewed from the side (declination angle=0.1 degree).


Orion direction:

Starbow seen from the bridge of a relativistic spaceship (v = -0.9c).

Starbow seen from the bridge of a relativistic spaceship (v = -0.5c).

Starbow seen from the bridge of a relativistic spaceship (v = 0).

Starbow seen from the bridge of a relativistic spaceship (v = +0.5c).

Starbow seen from the bridge of a relativistic spaceship (v = +0.9c).

Starbow seen from the bridge of a relativistic spaceship (v = +0.99c).


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