GW150914 size comparisons

Document #:

LIGO-G1600225-v3

Document type:

G - Presentations (eg Graphics)

Abstract:

A comparison of the size of GW150914 compared to parts of the Earth's surface, based on an Event Horizon equatorial radius of 183 km, and a polar radius of 146km. Source Files are in Adobe Photoshop format.

Files in Document:

• PNG export with full globe, centred on North America (BH_Earth_comparison_NorthAmerica_non-spherical.png, 3.5 MB)
• PNG export zoomed on Australia (BH_Earth_comparison_Australia-zoom_non-spherical.png, 1.7 MB)
• PNG export zoomed on East Asia (BH_Earth_comparison_Asia-zoom_non-spherical.png, 1.7 MB)
• PNG export zoomed on Europe (BH_Earth_comparison_Europe-zoom_non-spherical.png, 1.6 MB)
• PNG export zoomed on North America (BH_Earth_comparison_NorthAmerica-zoom_non-spherical.png, 1.7 MB)

Other Files:

• Adobe Photoshop file with part of Earth in background (BH_Earth_comparison_zoom_non-spherical.psd, 40.0 MB)
• Adobe Photoshop file with whole Earth in background (BH_Earth_comparison_non-spherical.psd, 43.9 MB)

Topics:

• Education, Outreach

Author Groups:

• LSC

Keywords:

gw150914 black-hole visualization size-comparison

Notes and Changes:

Corrected Europe image to include non-spherical black hole.

Background images are from NASA SVS (https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=3404), and show Europe, North America, East Asia and Australia. Background image credit: NASA/GSFC

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