cousgoose
cousgoose t1_j65fzs6 wrote
Reply to If you could instantaneously place a space telescope at any desired distance (LYs), from any planet/galaxy etc., where would it be and what would you be documenting? And for what purpose? by kennyarsen
Put it somewhere near a black hole, not really to view the BH, but to use its power as a gravitational lens. Could theoretically see a ton of interesting things around it with more clarity.
cousgoose t1_j66ep3o wrote
Reply to comment by WictImov in If you could instantaneously place a space telescope at any desired distance (LYs), from any planet/galaxy etc., where would it be and what would you be documenting? And for what purpose? by kennyarsen
Hmm I swear I read a thing or two about the concept! The idea being if you were at a certain distance away, the BH could capture and 'focus' light emitted behind it, such that the image would be in finer detail? Unless I misunderstood. And I briefly tried searching the web for answers, but could only find articles about basic concepts of lensing. I'll keep looking!
My thinking was, if this were indeed possible, you could maybe rotate around the BH to get many clearer images of many different objects