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[DerekMorgan]

Mystic, on 24 July 2010 - 19:18, said:

Everybody mentioning a blue star made me think of this album cover I've always liked:

+1

[Orange Battery]

That is a bit mind blowing

[Wanderermy]

I always love astronomy, it's so fascinating .... there is so many things.

Here's the Earth compare to the Sun

Imagine the Earth compare to VY Canis Major

[Gamerhomie]

Wow, the flare alone on VY Canis Major is as big as the Ruby Star. WOH G64 is incredibly scary looking.

[Gladiatorus]

Imagine the forces of gravity those things have

[Denis W]

Andrew Lyle, on 24 July 2010 - 17:00, said:

That larger planet picture is better. However, I heard that larger suns produce less heat, so our sun might be one of the hottest in the solar system.

Mephistopheles, on 24 July 2010 - 17:04, said:

Yes, the sun is the hottest star in our solar system. Well done.

The_Decryptor, on 24 July 2010 - 17:05, said:

Quoting this for longevity.

Oops.

Even if you meant the Milky Way, the Sun's surface temperature is only 5778 K although its corona is much hotter at roughly 5 million K. A quick Google search pins another star's surface temperature at 200000 K.

[AoM_Scott]

And then the combination of forces which stop them from collapsing

[kjordan2001]

Wonder how close you could get to those without a) burning up or b) being pulled apart by their gravity.

[qdave]

Some stunning stuff. I am pretty sure there are bigger ones but we cant see them.

[Solid Knight]

Too bad we don't have a cool blue sun.

[Nicholas-c]

Ridlas, on 24 July 2010 - 19:07, said:

Why are the other ones blue? Is it cold there? Or what?

xD Blue != cold, infact, blue stars are hotter than "red" Stars, color is directly linked to the radiation/heat of the star afaik

[MindTrickz]

[Crisps]

I call FAKE.

[Gladiatorus]

SCRISP, on 25 July 2010 - 00:52, said:

I call FAKE.

Why?

[perochan]

Gladiatorus, on 25 July 2010 - 04:53, said:

Why?

because he doesnt believe in science and only believes in god? no idea.

anyway, i love space. full of fascinating stuff. wish i can go to the space before i die one day.