Holy shit, VY Canis Majoris...

_Jay · 04-15-2009, 05:34 AM

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/2706/spaceb.jpg

Pretty fucking mind blowing. I've been trying to quantify these stars in my mind, but I don't think it's possible.

Nico420 · 04-15-2009, 07:30 AM

Wow! That's insane! I never knew there were that many galaxies out there. If that is common knowledge, I'm only 15 and have never studied astronomy so gimme a break haha :P

Hmm, in one picture VY Canis Majoris is the largest known star and in the picture below that, VV Cephai is the largest known star.

_Jay · 04-15-2009, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Nico420

Hmm, in one picture VY Canis Majoris is the largest known star and in the picture below that, VV Cephai is the largest known star.

That is odd, but I believe that they may be estimates. Wikipedia says that the VY Canis Majoris is ~1,800-2,100 suns in diameter, while the VV Cephei is 1600-1900. So it's sort of a toss-up because the low VY Canis Majoris is beat out by the high VV Cephei. It's sort of irrelevant, but I think they're in somewhat of a tie.

VY Canis Majoris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
VV Cephei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

KingDub · 04-20-2009, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Nico420

Hmm, in one picture VY Canis Majoris is the largest known star and in the picture below that, VV Cephai is the largest known star.

VV Cephai is a binary star system, meaning that is actually two stars orbiting one another.

Edit: The image depicting VV Cephai A as the largest known star is probably just outdated.

List of largest known stars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

VY Canis Majoris is estimated to be larger than VV Cephai A (the hypergiant in that binary system), and therefore is probably the largest star in our galaxy. However, there are stars outside of our galaxy which might be bigger than both of these, as you can see in the list above (WOH G64).

Everlong2019 · 04-15-2009, 08:10 AM

strangely enough i was talking about this exact thing with my dad roughly an hour ago.

ashlee lynn x0 · 04-15-2009, 02:09 PM

Wow, that's insane! I love this kind of stuff

04-15-2009, 07:38 PM

Thank you for blowing up my mind.

I wasnt even high man.

yoman3 · 04-15-2009, 08:47 PM

YTMND - The Size Of Our World - Special Edition

BudSmoker92 · 04-15-2009, 09:15 PM

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Assuming the upper size limit of 2100 solar radii, light would take more than 8 hours to travel around the star's circumference, as opposed to 14.5 seconds for the sun.

Wow! Can you imagine taking 8 years to travel around that, and thats even at the speed of light. Imagine trying to circle it at current speeds capable.

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It would take over 7,000,000,000,000,000 (7 Quadrillion) earths to fill VY Canis Majoris.

Thats mindblowing how big that sob is. It be pretty tight to be able to see it close up in a space ship, You'd prob have to be thousands of miles away just to be able to see the whole thing and not just a small part of it out a window. (If that makes sense?)

Zocalo · 04-15-2009, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by BudSmoker92

Wow! Can you imagine taking 8 years to travel around that, and thats even at the speed of light. Imagine trying to circle it at current speeds capable.

Thats mindblowing how big that sob is. It be pretty tight to be able to see it close up in a space ship, You'd prob have to be thousands of miles away just to be able to see the whole thing and not just a small part of it out a window. (If that makes sense?)

You guys are saying imagine how big CY Canis Majoris is? Remember you're comparing it the size of the earth, imagine how FUCKING gigantic it is compared to you.
Someone should get the stats of how many humans could go around the earth!!

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_Jay Sr. Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 809 Grams: 6,200.37 Thanks: 611 Thanked 308 Times in 181 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	Holy shit, VY Canis Majoris... http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/2706/spaceb.jpg Pretty fucking mind blowing. I've been trying to quantify these stars in my mind, but I don't think it's possible. __________________ Naturally, the common people don't want war, but they can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. Tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and endangering the country. It works the same in every country. -- Herman Goering, Hitler's Reichmarschall

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Nico420 Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 254 Grams: 2,562.54 Thanks: 134 Thanked 55 Times in 44 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	Wow! That's insane! I never knew there were that many galaxies out there. If that is common knowledge, I'm only 15 and have never studied astronomy so gimme a break haha :P Hmm, in one picture VY Canis Majoris is the largest known star and in the picture below that, VV Cephai is the largest known star. __________________ Smoke Weed Everyday

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