Ho close can you fly to a black hole?

[Cmdr Mnumen]

I'm currently 82km out from one that should have an even horizon of 40km. Anyone been that close before? Should I be worried?

 

[drkaii]

I'm currently 82km out from one that should have an even horizon of 40km. Anyone been that close before? Should I be worried?

Nope. You can supercruise till emergency drop and still be safe. Don't fly towards it too far though when dropped as your temp will then start to climb.

Done this 100 times, even on Sag A*

 

[Cmdr Mnumen]

I don't think its possible to get down to 68km (where I am now) in SC... (or at least, its not possible for me!). Also, its it just me or is it only the background stellar field that is distorted by the lensing effects> The Companion star seems unaffected.

 

[CMDR DoubleSkulls]

I don't think its possible to get down to 68km (where I am now) in SC... (or at least, its not possible for me!). Also, its it just me or is it only the background stellar field that is distorted by the lensing effects> The Companion star seems unaffected.

68km is doable in normal space.

Lensing only works on the background is my observation too.

 

[Cmdr Mnumen]

68km is doable in normal space.

yes, I know, I'm there! ~1.5 Schwarzchild radii out. Sensible ship won't take me closer, I'm hitting the body exclusion limit. Same there's no accretion disk....

Lensing only works on the background is my observation too.

boooo! not impressed with that!

 

[drkaii]

I don't think its possible to get down to 68km (where I am now) in SC... (or at least, its not possible for me!). Also, its it just me or is it only the background stellar field that is distorted by the lensing effects> The Companion star seems unaffected.

You must be at a pretty big one, all the ones I've found let me get 24km close

And as DoubleSkulls has confirmed, only works on the background. Another sad thing - it has a different effect on skybox stars vs clouds​.

 

[Cmdr Mnumen]

You must be at a pretty big one, all the ones I've found let me get 24km close

15 solar masses, so yeah, pretty big for a stellar-mass BH.

And as DoubleSkulls has confirmed, only works on the background. Another sad thing - it has a different effect on skybox stars vs clouds​.

really very very boooo! Also, no frame dragging or spagettification.

 

[Ziljan]

The most immersion breaking effect imo is how the light bends around your head rather than around the Black Hole itself. Please see this thread for a quick solution and to ask FD to fix this.

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=160698

 

[Cliff Dobbs]

I'd like black holes to be truly dangerous. Something you avoid, rather than play with.

 

[Dommarraa]

So you will explore hundreds of light years, but won't explore the last 60km. Where is your Explorer spirit?

 

[Himilco]

So you will explore hundreds of light years, but won't explore the last 60km. Where is your Explorer spirit?

Loan him your ship. Hook a fellow explorer up.

It's easy to play (and give taunts/"advice") on someone else's shilling.

 

[Dommarraa]

Loan him your ship. Hook a fellow explorer up.

It's easy to play (and give taunts/"advice") on someone else's shilling.

If I could loan out ships, I would.

I also discovered the exclusion zone myself, so your tomato has missed the target

 

[CMDR DoubleSkulls]

So you will explore hundreds of light years, but won't explore the last 60km. Where is your Explorer spirit?

When I've weeks' worth of data at risk... nah... however I'm going to fly through one this weekend