I have discovered this interesting property of the heptagonal triangle while making constructions in GeoGebra.
Let $\triangle_0$ be a heptagonal triangle with the orthocenter $H_0$,
$\triangle_1$ the orthic triangle of $\triangle_0$ with the orthocenter $H_1$,
...
$\triangle_n$ the orthic triangle of $\triangle_{n-1}$ with the orthocenter $H_n$.
Let $H$ be the homothetic center of the triangles $\triangle_0$, $\triangle_2$, $\triangle_4$, ..., $\triangle_{2k}$.
Obviously, $H$ is also the homothetic center of the triangles $\triangle_1$, $\triangle_3$, $\triangle_5$, ..., $\triangle_{2k + 1}$.
It appears all the orthocenters $H_0$, $H_1$, ..., $H_n$ lie on a straight line passing through $H$.
Furthermore, the sequence $H_0$, $H_1$, $H_2$, ... converges to $H$.
Let us name the line the horizon of $\triangle_0$.
Questions:
- Is there a simple way to prove the existence of the horizon of the heptagonal triangle?
- Are there other interesting properties of the line?
- Are there other triangles with the same or similar property?
