Well it depends on the viewing distance of course. With a telescope you can only...

darkmighty on March 10, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Raytracing a Black Hole

Well it depends on the viewing distance of course. With a telescope you can only (barely) image the accretion disk, if the BH is not too far and not shrouded by dust. So it's more of an artistic perspective, but accurate rendition :)