[Pic] Sun = 1 Pixel

[BoneyardBrew Member]

Hot damn! (no pun intended :p)

Who would've thought our sun was that tiny in comparison to those massively massive stars? :laugh:

[nub]

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

Sarcasm? They are stars... they aren't cold.

[AoM_Scott]

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

As a general rule hot objects glow red, then white and finally blue..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_body

See the temperature scale on the RHS, goes up to 10000 Kelvin.

[Arkaic]

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

Edit:nvm

[+Mystic MVC]

I wish our sun was blue :(

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

[Arkaic]

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]

:omg: Imagine the forces of gravity those things have :wacko:

[Denis W. Veteran]

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.

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

Quoting this for longevity.

Oops. :rofl:

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 :p

[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 Veteran]

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]

[Crisp]

I call FAKE.

[Gladiatorus]

I call FAKE.

:unsure: Why?

[perochan]

:unsure: 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.

[Pikey]

Good pics! .. of course they are only the ones we know about ..

It reminds me of a school lecture I did about the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram many years ago ... related info ..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertzsprung%E2%80%93Russell_diagram

I think I managed to confuse everybody .. lol

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

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

LOL.. I meant universe.. iFail :(

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

LOL.. I meant universe.. iFail :(

Still wrong :p

[kjordan2001]

LOL.. I meant universe.. iFail :(

http://www.universetoday.com/guide-to-space/stars/what-is-the-hottest-star/

[DrJohnSmitherson]

Space is so amazing and beautiful. I wish we had better tech. to travel through more of it, quicker. Science is so insane. People can see into the universe and study planets and stars from so far away, and collect data and create theories. So cool!