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  • Another example of converting art into science. Studying black holes offer unique insights into the fundamental nature of spacetime, gravity, and the behavior of matter under extreme conditions, with models like the Schwarzschild solution helping to decode these complex phenomena. J.-P. Luminet is renowned for his work on the visualization and theoretical descriptions of black holes. In his seminal 1979 paper, he described the gravitational lensing effects near a black hole, which led to the first-ever computer-generated image of a black hole using nothing but an early computer, math, and India ink (AWESEOM!). Although black holes typically have a rotational component, like the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* in the center of our Milky Way, the Schwarzschild solution serves as a crucial and widely-used model for understanding the basic properties of black holes without the added complexity of rotation. I used python (GitHub: bgmeulem) to recreate the original image of Luminet and several software to vectorize it. The noise was a random byproduct because some vector paths started outside of my pen plotters working range. Each plot took at least 50 hours to print, with Version having a total printing time of over 3 days, which makes it a bit more expensive.

    Dots #4 - Schwarzshield Black Hole

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