Have Neutron Stars always had Gravitational Lensing?

NascentChemist · Nov 25, 2017

What it says on the tin. I'm going through an unexplored field of neutron stars (hence the HUD being off), and noticed this one distorted the galactic core behind it.

Has this always been a thing? I haven't noticed this before. Do you have to be a certain distance away to see the lensing?

GraXXoR · Nov 25, 2017

Yep. For pretty much ever.

NascentChemist · Nov 25, 2017

Huh. The more you know!

Ra'Kaan · Nov 25, 2017

I only noticed this a couple weeks ago myself =D

Vasious · Nov 25, 2017

Yes and the old white dwarves
Not sure if you can see it on the updated ones

Hunter241 · Nov 25, 2017

Vasious said:
Yes and the old white dwarves
Not sure if you can see it on the updated ones

Still there, least it was when I last visited one
I don’t think you notice it because the stars shine obscures the lensing effect

It’s pretty interesting to see it in the system with the landable body close to a white dwarf (forgot what the systems called though)

Edit. Found it, it’s SPOIHAAE XE-X D2-9

Chris Simon · Nov 25, 2017

Before they had been given the jet cones, the grav lensing was more or less the only reliable way to see them from further away.

Whiterose · Nov 25, 2017

Yes they have. A pulse effect when you jump out of hyperspace.

Sapyx · Nov 25, 2017

Yes, it's always been there. It was more noticeable before the jets were added. But you can still see the stars whip around as you do a flyby of a neutron star.