In this Demonstration, you can change the scaled position of the observer, , where is the Schwarzschild radius of the black hole, is Newton's constant, is the mass of the black hole, and is the speed of light. The radial coordinate of the observer is automatically calculated. The slider "number of orbits" determines how many times the light ray orbits the black hole before it returns to the observer.

Depending on the current position of the observer, a Schwarzschild black hole appears as a black disk with opening angle equal to the critical angle.