The hottest, most massive and most luminious star in the universe discovered

The R163 object in Tarantula Nebula was known for years, but just know it's stars were identified precisely

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10707416

the girl in the video needs to slow down when talking :lol:

This thread title is incorrect, how can anyone be sure this is the biggest?

This thread title is incorrect, how can anyone be sure this is the biggest?

specialzed

It's not the bigest star, it's the most massive and luminous star - totaly different things, although it is still very big - 35 times more wider in radius than the sun, there is a picture.. You will find that quite often the biggest stars in the universe weight a lot less than our sun. Actually our sun is extremely dense for it's little size.

i want to witness a supernova b4 i die....

It's not the bigest star, it's the most massive and luminous star - totaly different things, although it is still very big - 35 times more wider in radius than the sun, there is a picture.. You will find that quite often the biggest stars in the universe weight a lot less than our sun. Actually our sun is extremely dense for it's little size.

Artas1984

Isn't this like a week old?ferrari2001

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It's not the bigest star, it's the most massive and luminous star - totaly different things, although it is still very big - 35 times more wider in radius than the sun, there is a picture.. You will find that quite often the biggest stars in the universe weight a lot less than our sun. Actually our sun is extremely dense for it's little size.

specialzed

ONCE AGAIN - IT IS NOT THE SAME THING..

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

Big is an adjective that determines the visual size of the object, not it's density.

Cool.

I thought this was a thread about Kim Kardashian and her massive glutes.

It's not the bigest star, it's the most massive and luminous star - totaly different things, although it is still very big - 35 times more wider in radius than the sun, there is a picture.. You will find that quite often the biggest stars in the universe weight a lot less than our sun. Actually our sun is extremely dense for it's little size.

Artas1984

You know what that means. Fusion, Doubles Get; Iron; Collapses into itself: AN HERO.

I thought this was a thread about Kim Kardashian and her massive glutes.

jubino

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I thought this was a thread about Kim Kardashian and her massive glutes.

MrMcElliot

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[QUOTE="jubino"]

I thought this was a thread about Kim Kardashian and her massive glutes.

MrMcElliot

i want to witness a supernova b4 i die....

GrabTheYayo

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i want to witness a supernova b4 i die....

xaos

Isn't this like a week old?ferrari2001

I don't know how they can tell by those photos because I sure can't. -Tish-

they dont use the picture to measure anything. to find mass they use either a binary star with newton's version of kepler's third law or they plot it on the H-R diagram as long as it is in the main sequence. to find temp they use the stars color and spectral lines, to find distance they probably use stellar parallax as long as the star is close enough, or they might use a standard candle within the cloud that the star is located in or use the inverse square law for light, to find luminosity they use inverse square law for light, which uses distance and apparent magnitude, or the H-R diagram. :)

So we can make a hottest star thread but not a hottest girl thread. Boo I demand a democratic vote on this.

i want to witness a supernova b4 i die....

GrabTheYayo

The last supernova witnessed bye eye was in 2008, so it's not a rare occurrence, you might get your chance - stay looking all day at the skies with a 7,5 cm refractor, don't go to job, don't meet friends, don't eat and don't do other things alike - just stay focused on the skies and you might witness a barely noticeable appearance of a new spot!!!

thread is old, but still interesting.

So big but I wonder what's bigger, that star or that Canis Majoris?LIONHEART-_-

Canis Majoris is alot bigger, some 57 times more wide in radius, but is it also about 15 times lighter than R136A1

So we can make a hottest star thread but not a hottest girl thread. Boo I demand a democratic vote on this.

kidsmelly

So we can make a hottest star thread but not a hottest girl thread. Boo I demand a democratic vote on this.

kidsmelly