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Grinkle
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If I am observing a pinging beacon free-falling into a neutron star from a distance far enough away that I am in approximately flat spacetime, I think I observe the pings redshifting as the beacon gets deeper into the gravity well, in other words I see the clock of the beacon slowing with respect to my clock and finally, I see the beacon impact the neutron star.
I never see the beacon itself moving more slowly with respect to me, I always see it accelerate with respect to me. What I do see is the beacons clock slowing down as it gets closer to impact even as the beacon itself is moving faster and faster with respect to me.
Is that correct, and if so can I replace "neutron star" with "event horizon" in the above and the only change I need to make is that I lose sight of the beacon before I can ever observe itimpact cross the event horizon?
I never see the beacon itself moving more slowly with respect to me, I always see it accelerate with respect to me. What I do see is the beacons clock slowing down as it gets closer to impact even as the beacon itself is moving faster and faster with respect to me.
Is that correct, and if so can I replace "neutron star" with "event horizon" in the above and the only change I need to make is that I lose sight of the beacon before I can ever observe it
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