Star sizes

[Ferox]

Don't know if anyone has seen this before but I thought it was a nice demonstration of scale.

www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2006/arcturus-antares-p1.php?emf=1

[Ant]

It's astonishing really when you think about it.

Here's another version of the same thing.

Ant

[barkis]

A very useful comparison Ferox.

Those very massive suns are beyond imagination.

Ron. 8)

[aries]

It's astonishing really when you think about it.

Here's another version of the same thing.

Ant

I fink I gonna wee!

[Sam]

Eeeek!!! They're huge! :shock: :shock: :shock:

[MikeP]

Showed them to my (non astronomy minded) wife and she was so amazed, she asked me to print them so she could show her friends.

Can anyone tell me where I can get a piece of paper big enough to fit Antares and how big it will be folded up?

Mike

[lunator]

It always makes me smile when people sundenly realise that stars aren't tiny points of light but huge fantastically hot objects.

Cheers

Ian

[Talitha]

Puts all of our planet's quarrels into perspective, doesn't it?

[supernova]

Eeeek!!! They're huge! :shock: :shock: :shock:

You have met the wife then?

[supernova]

Well that proves we live on a spec of dust.

When you think an atom or even a string and compare that with the stars

where will size stop in ether direction?

:shock:

[Sam]

an to think Betelgeuse might blow up soon - that'll make a heck of a mess!