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It's just amazing how satisfying these little incremental observations are, and equally amazing how much work goes into it.

What I found similarly fascinating was this interactive of our neighborhood - 33 light-year field, green are detected planets: https://gruze.org/fly_10pc/ (mouse wheel, click n drag, right click and drag)

Amazing video, thanks! Really interesting to see the sudden increase in speed in that one star. I wonder if it has any detectable effects on that star’s planets.

Edit: after watching it again it seems to be a matter of perspective but I thought it was about how close it orbited the black hole.

This absolutely made my day. I had no idea this existed! Putting it on .25 speed and looping it allows you to really see the warping taking place. I wonder if the four or five similarly sized light orbs moving in and out are really just the distorted light from one star?

> Last night I watched this video on loop for a long time,

Sounds like you found a different kind of wormhole :)

Wow. That is $)(*ing awesome. In the traditional sense of inspiring cosmic awe.