Comments on: Energy vs Information ( Stars and Planets size video )

By: quakize

quakize — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:52:07 +0000

vv chepei isnt the largest star its vy canis majores

By: 1GXG

1GXG — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:11:54 +0000

I would go for VV Cephei. I have searched it myself and found too many papers disputing the true distance to VY Canis Majoris. The lower distance gives lower luminosity and therefore lower radius. Averaged altogether, VY Canis Majoris is just a little over Betelgeuse and may have the same mass. VV Cephei on the other hand may be close to twice being more massive and lies at a farther distance.

By: nixxxon18

nixxxon18 — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:03:23 +0000

In that case WOH G64 would be the largest (2000 times the sun radius) VV Cephei is no longer the largest

By: 1GXG

1GXG — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:22:52 +0000

but there is more bigger than that, WOH G64 then the biggest body is the VY Canis Majoris. But it is not yet finished, there is more bigger than that. The Globular Cluster M3, but there is more bigger than that,the Omega Centauri Cluster and then came Large Magellanic Cloud, but there is more bigger than that,the Milky Way. nix size is subjective

By: HairyGamer

HairyGamer — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:02:03 +0000

btw it’s spelled “Iraq” not “Irak”

By: quakize

quakize — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:42:35 +0000

you forgot woh g64 and vy canis majores

By: sadgreen

sadgreen — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:33:31 +0000

I think he was only going uptill the stars, not the clusters, and specially not galaxies.

Not sure if he went upto the biggest star though, my astronomy is very rusty.

By: sadgreen

sadgreen — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:36:38 +0000

Nice video, thanks. I was into astronomy, and being away from it for so long, watching this felt good.

Thanks again.

By: brutaka359

brutaka359 — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:40:21 +0000

A human can’t get to Mars so how do we know about all this?

By: pacificguitarist

pacificguitarist — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:47:22 +0000

wait… are you serious or are you joking…