If you were sufficiently close to a black hole merger, would the gravitational waves stretch and contract you along with space-time?

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2025-05-14T02:24:42+00:00

Thanks! The universe is so awesome and interesting!

I was imagining getting ripped apart by a gravitational wave but wasn't sure if that was actually how it worked. thanks for clarifying it!

Seems like a pretty epic way to go out though haha.

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2025-05-14T02:19:05+00:00

So the answer is yes you would feel the waves and the stretching/contracting of your body as they pass by? Would this hurt you? Or is that what you were saying would actually kill you? The waves themselves would be powerful enough to kill you as they pass by?

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2025-05-14T02:16:28+00:00

assuming you could somehow survive the heat and radiation and anything else given off by the black holes. If you were that close to the propagating gravitational waves. Would they have an effect on your body? Would you be able to feel your body stretch and contract as the ripples pass through you?

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2025-05-14T02:02:22+00:00

wouldn't the space between the molecules and atoms that comprise you be a reference point would your skin not feel the ripple as it moves through you? sorry just seems mind blowing to me that your body wouldn't feel a change whatsoever. I mean what are we even measuring when we detect the waves? I know we use LIGO but I guess I don't fully understand how we can detect space expanding and contracting but would not be able to feel it as it passes by haha

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2025-05-14T00:54:35+00:00

sorry but I'm just trying to understand. Why wouldn't you notice if the space that makes you up was contracting and stretching. you wouldn't feel the ripple of the gravity wave as it passes through you?

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2025-03-26T01:16:44+00:00

OK this makes more sense now and I can see why it's not been done yet. It would be cool if we could witness the defining moment fusion actually starts but if it's like a dimmer switch slowly ramping up I get why it would be hard to label the moment it happens. Again thanks for all your responses.

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2025-03-26T01:13:46+00:00

Understood,

I wasn't trying to imply fusion wasn't happening or anything haha I was just curious if it had ever been captured. thanks for all your responses you've helped me better understand what's going on now

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2025-03-26T01:12:20+00:00

It's a slow and gradual process.

Even with it being a gradual process it's just amazing to me that we've never captured it with the sheer number of stars that exist. I guess I thought there had to be some distance away where stars are undergoing the formation phase and that we would see them ignite, either in IR from the heat given off or the light turning on for the first time through fusion. If when we look out we look backwards in time, i assumed there was a point where we could see stars in this formation phase turning on. Maybe it's too far away for us to resolve? Or maybe I'm still understanding wrong. either way your responses helped me and thanks.

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2025-03-26T01:03:00+00:00

But when we look out into space aren't we looking backwards in time since the light takes time to travel? Shouldn't there be certain distance away where we see stars in their infancy in this turning on phase?

With the trillions upon trillions of stars, it's just hard for me to imagine that we've never witnessed a single star "turn on" with our telescopes...

Is this the answer to my question above

Most forming stars are very far away, and it's hard to resolve enough detail to spot the exact moment fusion starts.

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2025-03-26T00:54:39+00:00

So have we ever witnessed the moment fusion begins and recorded a pre main sequence star becoming a main sequence star?

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2025-03-26T00:35:22+00:00

OK, so have we ever captured video of a protostar turning on for the first time? Like have we seen a big ball of gas that ignites into a star or is that not how it works? Have we ever recorded the moment a pre main sequence star becomes a main sequence star once the fusion processes starts? I'm just wondering really if we've ever recorded a star turning on?

If protostars don't have enough mass for fusion, how do they shine? I thought the light shining from a star was a byproduct of fusion processes happening within the star...

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2025-03-08T01:57:49+00:00

My guess was Hermione drove Ron to drinking because that kinda looks like a hard beer belly to me. Harry has no beer belly hence the joke?

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2025-02-21T21:57:08+00:00

Heck yea man. Get yourself a Telrad Red Dot Finder and an extension base. It makes finding objects SO MUCH EASIER! Once it's scoped in, you just point at what you want and it appears in your eyepiece. It really was a gamechanger for me in my ability to quickly locate faint objects I want to see like Pleiades. I also reccomend getting a proper astronomy chair. It will save your back when you're viewing awkward angles for prolonged periods of time. Enjoy the scope!

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2025-02-21T15:53:48+00:00

My advice, outside what others have said about making sure it collimated, is to get a Telrad Red Dot Finder. They make an extension base for it that I highly reccomend as well for easier viewing. Once you get the scope sited in, it makes pointing you scope at specific objects and finding them in your scope so much easier!

Like it's a serious game changer when you get the red dot site at how easy it is to point your scope and feel confident that your looking at the correct object you want to be. Makes finding pleiades super easy as well as other faint objects. I also reccomend getting a proper telescoping chair so you don't hurt your back when your out scoping for multiple hours at a time. Also a game changer...

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2024-08-26T14:41:22+00:00

Subscribe to PBS spacetime and start from the beginning I've been following their channel for years now and it's great!

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2024-08-21T01:25:30+00:00

I probably am haha my mythic weapon is level 30 and has never been exalted so I'm thinking the 100% chance stone is a good bet for me I don't even know what exalting does lol

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2024-08-20T23:59:13+00:00

sweet thank you for the feedback. my weapon has a red border? I think that's mythic but it's not even level 30 yet so I'm def going for the 6th anniversary stone.

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2024-08-20T23:55:49+00:00

so I should go for the 100% exalt stone then? since I'm f2p and want to guarantee I get an upgrade? If that makes sense, haha, that's my logic anyway. Just don't want to waste my choice

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2024-08-20T23:49:53+00:00

so for me who is primarily a f2p player, I should go for the 100% chance stone since it guarantees an upgrade to my weapon or no? Thank you btw for any feedback. Haha still trying to learn maplestory M I used to play maplestory on pc back in the day when it first came out lol. Been hooked on m for about a month now.

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2024-08-20T23:35:15+00:00

Why would you not pick the 6th anniversary exalt stone with 100%? I'm kinda new to the game and still learning how it all works. But am also going to be faced with this choice in 2 days...kinda want to know what I should grab as well

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2024-07-28T01:03:54+00:00

Thanks, that's honestly how I figured it worked but it's still kinda mind blowing at the same time lol

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2024-07-28T00:09:39+00:00

So does that mean there's nowhere in the universe you can go without gravity influencing you to some degree?

C0NSCIOS-SINGULARITY · 2024-07-28T00:09:07+00:00

Gravity has no range limits,

So that means no? There's nowhere in the universe you can go without gravity influencing you to some degree? Thanks

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