In the spirit on the "Jet on a treadmill" physics comedy, I thought it would be fun to watch you Fizzy-Cysts grapple with a new concept, so here goes...

A black hole, a star that has the mass of one million of our sun has collapsed into a sphere the diameter of earth. It's mass and gravity are beyond comprehension. Now (take my word for it), a spacecraft can orbit ANYTHING if it has enough velocity.

So, assuming that the hellish radiation caused by matter falling into the black hole's event horizon does not penetrate your spacecraft, what do YOU see, feel or hear when you are in your ship, orbiting the black hole at a reasonable altitude (say, 1 AU* from the center of the black hole)?

Bonus question: Assuming you cannot be hurt in any way, say you fell toward the black hole and got stuck at the event horizon. As you look around, what do you see? More detail = more points.

Have fun, and more brain busters are upcoming!

(* 1 AU = 93 million miles... the distance from our sun to the earth)