my sun is bigger than your sun.
my sun is bigger than your sun.
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I happened to be reading up on Betelgeuse recently and was impressed to learn that we've actually resolved an image of the actual disc of the star - not just a point of light, but an actual substantial image..
Also, I was playing with Celestia a while back and went to the Betelgeuse system, at about the distance Earth would be from our sun - and it's amazing - the star wholly fills the sky from horizon to horizon. Kind of mind boggling to think that, in the grand scheme of things, it's not even a particularly huge star.
- oh man, I knew some post with big words was going to be coming soon by detritus.Jaline
- ;)Jaline
- vwhatt?! I can't help it if the star happens to be named after a famous 80s spookgothic movie!detritus
- in retrospect I wish I had hung out with the kid who was into astronomy.emecks
- if we say detritus 3 times do you appear?7point34
- No, I disappear up my own arse. And PLEASE don't try it - I've only recently got all the poo oot me ears after last timedetritus
- Aye, mx - these days I wish I WAS that kid.detritus
- totally! Glad I wasn't him then though....emecks
- I was into astronomy, but I don't know as much as detritus does. I need a bf who's into astronomy... :)Jaline
- Damn you, Atlantic, DAMN YOU!
*shakes fist at sea*detritus - hahaJaline