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Biggest star ever? - FireCat - 10.07.2012

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VY_Canis_Majoris
I'm just amazed by its hipergiganticfreakingbigass size >.<
Who doesn't want to bother clicking the link, heres an image, in comparison with the sun >.>


So, is the sun big? LOL, fuck no. >.>

Re: Biggest star ever? - Danny - 10.07.2012

What the fuck is that thing o.o

I get why they call it Majoris.

Re: Biggest star ever? - StrangeLove - 10.07.2012

How did they took the picture?

Re: Biggest star ever? - bhaveshnande - 10.07.2012

http://www.numbersleuth.org/universe/
Scale the Universe.

Re: Biggest star ever? - FireCat - 10.07.2012

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I've seen that lots of times.
@ the guy who asked how the took a pic:
Nasa can take pics that are milion light years from now, just combine for example 6 mega humble escopes, and you have a massive telescope...

Re: Biggest star ever? - Danny - 10.07.2012

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Re: Biggest star ever? - Mauzen - 10.07.2012

The universe is wide. And maybe its just part of something more giant.

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How did they took the picture?
No need to "take a picture". The suns size and look can be calculated by its emitted ray, and the effects of its gravity to other objects. Thats how modern astronomy works, theres almost no more looking through a telescope and drawing the nightsky.

Re: Biggest star ever? - Silentfood - 10.07.2012

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The universe is wide. And maybe its just part of something more giant.



No need to "take a picture". The suns size and look can be calculated by its emitted ray, and the effects of its gravity to other objects. Thats how modern astronomy works, theres almost no more looking through a telescope and drawing the nightsky.
If there's anything I learnt from my physics qualifications, is that you can use parallax to measure a stars size by using is colour (temperature), and it's brightness. Don't remember the equation though, which is a shame >.<

Re: Biggest star ever? - FireCat - 10.07.2012

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If there's anything I learnt from my physics qualifications, is that you can use parallax to measure a stars size by using is colour (temperature), and it's brightness. Don't remember the equation though, which is a shame >.<
Of course! Each star has its own "state". And that state releases some... atoms, and the first state of a star is to release hydrogen, and then it stays for millions of years releasing hydrogen, then it goes up to a higher state, releasing... helium, and thats how all the other stars are created. By a big compound of all of these atoms that join up, create a star, then that newly created star, enters a state of releasing hydrogen and so on...

Re: Biggest star ever? - Silentfood - 10.07.2012

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Of course! Each star has its own "state". And that state releases some... atoms, and the first state of a star is to release hydrogen, and then it stays for millions of years releasing hydrogen, then it goes up to a higher state, releasing... helium, and thats how all the other stars are created. By a big compound of all of these atoms that join up, create a star, then that newly created star, enters a state of releasing hydrogen and so on...
Huzzah! Astrology at its finest.
The only thing that really stuck in my brain were supernovas. Those things are huge, and they form new stars.