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Feeling_Percentage_9 t1_j65wr1m wrote

Reply to comment by Intelligent_idiot-_- 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

Similar, but I would place it at one of the Lagrange points of our black hole.

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Intelligent_idiot-_- t1_j661mq4 wrote

Unless it has some seriously efficient thrusters, it probably wouldn’t last long because of all the orbiting stars

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frowawayduh t1_j67bogv wrote

LaGrange points exist for a body in orbit around another much more massive body. What is Sag-A* orbiting?

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Feeling_Percentage_9 t1_j67fc6k wrote

As if nothing is orbiting Sagittarius A*. The Lagrange point can be between it and another star, or between other stars. My point was that we could get it to a place of neutral gravity near the black hole.

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nicuramar t1_j680bws wrote

What do you mean by natural gravity?

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Feeling_Percentage_9 t1_j6899v7 wrote

Lagrange points are where there is NEUTRAL gravity is when the gravitational forces from different objects cancel each other out, thus no pull in any direction. An object can be in this location indefinitely without the need of thrusters.

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nicuramar t1_j689lu5 wrote

That’s not exactly correct? First, you’ll still be in orbit around something. It’s just some local gravity that cancels. Second, an orbit is another point where you can stay indefinitely. “Location” is pretty relative.

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Feeling_Percentage_9 t1_j68b3bx wrote

I was trying to explain in simpler terms for you because you cannot read the difference between natural and neutral.

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