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amazing!

+2 to Bill Bryson.

I have a telescope. It hasn't been out in ages... really want to get it out again now the weather's clearing up!

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To illustrate, if our Sun were replaced by VY Canis Majoris, its surface might extend to the orbit of Saturn.

What. The. F***.

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Um dois três quatro cinco seis sete oito nove dez
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One two three four five six seven eight nine ten
Один два три четыре пять шесть семь восемь девять десять

one day that thing will blow up. that'll be a really big explosion (and cause a big and dark hole )

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In fact, Sol will never explode. It will expand into a red giant, give off all its energy and then collapse into a white dwarf.

Thankfully, this is more than likely NOT going to affect your summer holiday.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/21/2009 01:26PM by The Lopper.

The Lopper Wrote:
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> Thankfully, this is more than likely NOT going to
> affect your summer holiday.


LOL!

Awesome picture though, thanks for showing.

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The Lopper schrieb:
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> In fact, Sol will never explode. It will expand
> into a red giant, give off all its energy and then
> collapse into a white dwarf.

jup, but VY Canis Majoris will

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Ah, ok. If it does blow, it'll take 5,000 years for the light to reach us. But the thing that got me was this sentence:

...light would take more than 8 hours to travel around the star's circumference, as opposed to 14.5 seconds for the sun.

When you think of how big the Sun is, you begin to realise that you are dealing with incomprehendable sizes. Awesome.

The Lopper schrieb:
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> Ah, ok. If it does blow, it'll take 5,000 years
> for the light to reach us. But the thing that got
> me was this sentence:
>
> ...light would take more than 8 hours to travel
> around the star's circumference, as opposed to
> 14.5 seconds for the sun.
>
> When you think of how big the Sun is, you begin to
> realise that you are dealing with incomprehendable
> sizes. Awesome.

that is awesome indeed. another figure to compare: distance earth sun = 8 (or 6, not 100% sure) lightminutes

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