Observation 4 - Astronomy Cast

For this observation I decided to listen to an Astronomy Cast and I went with episode 213 which pertains to super massive black holes. I can't deny that it was the title that drew me in, it just sounded rather intense and interesting. A few things I learned about these super massive black holes is that they are about a hundred million solar mass objects which lay at the center of galaxies. One noting this they discussed the physics of the black holes and the surrounding areas. Basically, its all the same physics you would find anywhere else in the galaxy its just on different scales such as increased rotation rates and different rates of material falling onto the inner body of the hole. After this they went on to discuss many more of the intricacies of these super massive black holes which I honestly can't quite restate in my own words because lets face it... it becomes quite complicated. Regardless, I still found the web cast to be astounding and was a good continuation of the video we watched in class.