Before I lose 300ly of discovery info , how close can I get to a black hole?
- Thread starter Smoon
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Well I see my mistake, I did drop out of FSD. Fuel scooping? Now that I can do. Thanks!!
Well 25-100km. It depends on the solar mass, but pritty close
---Yes It's probably a new feature-- I love it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oEbMn1tQ3I This is how close i could get to it.
---Yes It's probably a new feature-- I love ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oEbMn1tQ3I This is how close i could get to it.
You can get really really close. The heat isn't a problem any more.
My black hole video was taken at around 75 Km from the black hole (out of SC).
-- Pete.
My black hole video was taken at around 75 Km from the black hole (out of SC).
-- Pete.
You can get as close as you want it to be.
Srsly. If you wanted to dip your nose into the event horizon you actually can.
Like people already posted on this thread, black holes are no more than tiny, really tiny stars with gravitational lensing eye-candy, minus the heat. Scientifically if you were trying to get as close as ~1Ls I would recommend you a serious reconsideration of your plan. Black holes have HUGE gravity, and its tidal force can literally rip your ship apart like a wet tissue paper.
And while there's science, our ships in Elite: Dangerous seem to be perfectly impervious of this effect. You can be up close and personal with any black holes in the galaxy without taking any damage. Just slow down below 1Mm/s speed and fly toward the black hole. Wait until you hit the invisible wall and your ship's computer drops you out of supercruise automatically. When back in normal space, you can get even closer to the event horizon if you wish, but unfortunately your ship will prevent you from trying anything stupid with the dreaded 'body exclusion zone hit' message.
So the final closest distance you can get to a black hole is around 30~70 km depending on the diameter of the event horizon.
Srsly. If you wanted to dip your nose into the event horizon you actually can.
Like people already posted on this thread, black holes are no more than tiny, really tiny stars with gravitational lensing eye-candy, minus the heat. Scientifically if you were trying to get as close as ~1Ls I would recommend you a serious reconsideration of your plan. Black holes have HUGE gravity, and its tidal force can literally rip your ship apart like a wet tissue paper.
And while there's science, our ships in Elite: Dangerous seem to be perfectly impervious of this effect. You can be up close and personal with any black holes in the galaxy without taking any damage. Just slow down below 1Mm/s speed and fly toward the black hole. Wait until you hit the invisible wall and your ship's computer drops you out of supercruise automatically. When back in normal space, you can get even closer to the event horizon if you wish, but unfortunately your ship will prevent you from trying anything stupid with the dreaded 'body exclusion zone hit' message.
So the final closest distance you can get to a black hole is around 30~70 km depending on the diameter of the event horizon.
+1 rep for OP for spelling "lose" correctly.