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| Pennwalt... |
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What are some of the largest stars and is there a Hubble or similar example?
thanks, pennwalt |
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| Davoud... |
| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:50 am |
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Pennwalt asked:
[quote]What are some of the largest stars and is there a Hubble or similar example?
thanks, pennwalt
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One might expect to find the largest stars somewhere in deep space, but
they are also inside your computer in Google and Wikipedia and even
YouTube!
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| Llanzlan Klazmon... |
| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:02 pm |
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On Nov 5, 3:40 am, "Pennwalt" <ta... at (no spam) ebzz.com> wrote:
[quote]What are some of the largest stars and is there a Hubble or similar example?
thanks, pennwalt
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Mass or radius? |
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| Chris L Peterson... |
| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:01 pm |
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On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:02:04 -0800 (PST), Llanzlan Klazmon
<bill.m.thomas at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
[quote]Mass or radius?
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Or apparent diameter from Earth?
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| Sam Wormley... |
| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:28 pm |
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Pennwalt wrote:
[quote]What are some of the largest stars and is there a Hubble or similar
example? thanks, pennwalt
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Can you be more specific with the term "largest"? |
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| Per Erik Jorde... |
| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:38 am |
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"Pennwalt" <tatoo at (no spam) ebzz.com> writes:
[quote]What are some of the largest stars and is there a Hubble or similar
example? thanks, pennwalt
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Betelgeuse is a big one. Don't need Hubble to see it either.
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| Sam Wormley... |
| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:35 am |
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| Davoud... |
| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:11 am |
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Pennwalt:
[quote]What are some of the largest stars and is there a Hubble or similar
example? thanks, pennwalt
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Sam Wormley:
[quote]Can you be more specific with the term "largest"?
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Biggest? Most bodacious? Hugest?, Grandest?, Most gigantic? Most
humongous? Un-freakin' believably big? Ginormous? Brobdingnagian?
Elephantine? Monstrous? Colossal? Titanic? Gargantuan? Whopping?
Immense? It seemed obvious enough to me that he meant diameter, because
that's what "largest" means when speaking of a sphere in every-day
language.
Davoud
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| Sam Wormley... |
| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:21 am |
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Davoud wrote:
[quote]Pennwalt:
What are some of the largest stars and is there a Hubble or similar
example? thanks, pennwalt
Sam Wormley:
Can you be more specific with the term "largest"?
Biggest? Most bodacious? Hugest?, Grandest?, Most gigantic? Most
humongous? Un-freakin' believably big? Ginormous? Brobdingnagian?
Elephantine? Monstrous? Colossal? Titanic? Gargantuan? Whopping?
Immense? It seemed obvious enough to me that he meant diameter, because
that's what "largest" means when speaking of a sphere in every-day
language.
Davoud
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Assuming largest diameter/radius -- Google is your friend
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_known_stars |
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| Martin Brown... |
| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:32 am |
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Davoud wrote:
[quote]Pennwalt:
What are some of the largest stars and is there a Hubble or similar
example? thanks, pennwalt
Sam Wormley:
Can you be more specific with the term "largest"?
Biggest? Most bodacious? Hugest?, Grandest?, Most gigantic?
Immense? It seemed obvious enough to me that he meant diameter, because
that's what "largest" means when speaking of a sphere in every-day
language.
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He could also mean largest mass, or apparent angular diameter viewed
from Earth. Betelgeuse is cute since there is a Hubble picture of it.
There are very few stars resolvable to a disk from the Earth.
Astronomers tend to think of stars classified by mass since that is what
determines their evolutionary path and at different phases they vary in
diameter by a considerable range.
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| Davoud... |
| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:37 am |
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Pennwalt:
[quote]What are some of the largest stars and is there a Hubble or similar
example? thanks, pennwalt
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Sam Wormley:
[quote]Can you be more specific with the term "largest"?
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Davoud:
[quote]Biggest? Most bodacious? Hugest?, Grandest?, Most gigantic?
Immense? It seemed obvious enough to me that he meant diameter, because
that's what "largest" means when speaking of a sphere in every-day
language.
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Martin Brown:
[quote]He could also mean largest mass, or apparent angular diameter viewed
from Earth. Betelgeuse is cute since there is a Hubble picture of it.
There are very few stars resolvable to a disk from the Earth.
Astronomers tend to think of stars classified by mass since that is what
determines their evolutionary path and at different phases they vary in
diameter by a considerable range.
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The guy said "largest" and he meant "largest." See above for definition
of "largest." He did not mention mass or "evolutionary path." Some
people are so mired in pedantry and the hypothetical and fear of other
pedants that they can't deal with plain English!
Davoud
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| Sam Wormley... |
| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:06 am |
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Davoud wrote:
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The guy said "largest" and he meant "largest." See above for definition
of "largest." He did not mention mass or "evolutionary path." Some
people are so mired in pedantry and the hypothetical and fear of other
pedants that they can't deal with plain English!
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Yet some people are very imprecise in what they ask.. often resulting
in several iteration before the right question is asked and answered.
This is often the case and the process should be tolerated. |
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| Davoud... |
| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:10 pm |
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Davoud:
[quote]The guy said "largest" and he meant "largest." See above for definition
of "largest." He did not mention mass or "evolutionary path." Some
people are so mired in pedantry and the hypothetical and fear of other
pedants that they can't deal with plain English!
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Sam Wormley:
[quote]Yet some people are very imprecise in what they ask.. often resulting
in several iteration before the right question is asked and answered.
This is often the case and the process should be tolerated.
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The very definition of pedantry. Just give an imprecise answer --
"Google it."
Davoud
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