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A .gif of space that will make you say "Dear God, I just didn't know..."

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This may have been posted before, or some of you may have seen this already, but for those that haven't sit back and be amazed:eek:


http://i41.tinypic.com/rr79ea.gif		2009-03-17 23:25:00

Author:
tyboogie
Posts: 96

Wow...

I want to see that last star...

I want to see all of those that are after the sun actually, lol.		2009-03-17 23:29:00

Author:
Whalio Cappuccino
Posts: 5250

Muhahahahahahahahahaha,,, We are really insignificant, no?2009-03-17 23:31:00

Author:
RockSauron
Posts: 10882

Wow...

I want to see that last star...

I want to see all of those that are after the sun actually, lol.

Well you can at night I think. I know its in the constellation canis major (the dogs that follow orion)		2009-03-17 23:37:00

Author:
tyboogie
Posts: 96

Well you can at night I think. I know its in the constellation canis major (the dogs that follow orion)

Ummm... What?		2009-03-17 23:38:00

Author:
Whalio Cappuccino
Posts: 5250

"...but to his satisfaction he realized that he had proved conclusively that if life is going to exist in a Universe of this size, then one thing it cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion."

Trin Tragula- creator of the Total Perspective Vortex
Douglas Adams - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Still - I like living on our "utterly insignificant little blue-green planet." 		2009-03-17 23:41:00

Author:
Morgana25
Posts: 5983

Ummm... What?



you know the constellation orion right? The one you see in the winter that has the three stars across from each other?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Orion_constellation_map.png

well the last giant star in the gif is in the canis major constellation which is to the bottom left of orion. In legend orion was a hunter and canis major was his dog...or something like that.

http://www.utahskies.org/deepsky/constellations/maps/CanisMajor.gif		2009-03-17 23:43:00

Author:
tyboogie
Posts: 96

wow.....those things must be gigantic beyond belief....holy crap imagine when that thing dies and blows up and becomes a black hole.

I just read the wikipedia on the star lol, it's pretty cool....it's actually been deteriorating since 1850....		2009-03-18 00:18:00

Author:
Hamsalad
Posts: 2551

It's... just... too... big... can't...... comprehend... AHHHH!!!2009-03-18 00:50:00

Author:
Burrich
Posts: 1018

Ya my mind got blown like 3 stars after the sun and then it just keept going and going and going and going....2009-03-18 00:59:00

Author:
Hamsalad
Posts: 2551

I've seen a video like this. I gotta go look at some microorganisms to feel better about myself...2009-03-18 01:56:00

Author:
Killian
Posts: 2575

7,000,000,000,000,000 (7 Quadrillion) earths to fill VY Canis Majoris.


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Sun_and_VY_Canis_Majoris.svg/800px-Sun_and_VY_Canis_Majoris.svg.png		2009-03-18 06:43:00

Author:
Boomy
Posts: 3701

I love this .gif, everytime I see it I'm in awe.2009-03-18 07:00:00

Author:
Foofles
Posts: 2278

It's... just... too... big... can't...... comprehend... AHHHH!!!

LOL - it's ok - just keep repeating to yourself... "it's just a .gif, it's just a .gif." 		2009-03-18 07:56:00

Author:
Morgana25
Posts: 5983

In case your wondering:

If you find orion's belt, then look towards his head, the star at right-angles to his belt is betelguese

Just thought I'd let you know.		2009-03-18 08:08:00

Author:
dawesbr
Posts: 3280

I've seen a video like this. I gotta go look at some microorganisms to feel better about myself...

Agree. Luckily it's just too much for us to comprehend. Or else we might end up like Doc Manhattan(in your sig) and think of life as no an overrated phenomena.		2009-03-18 08:21:00

Author:
Walter-Kovacs
Posts: 542

I'm now officially afraid for stars :eek:2009-03-18 12:53:00

Author:
Yarbone
Posts: 3036

Oh god.... Oh GOD.... OH MY GO-(Brain implodes)2009-03-19 05:18:00

Author:
Astrosimi
Posts: 2046

This gif is good for humanity and its ridiculous ego.


.		2009-03-19 23:47:00

Author:
RangerZero
Posts: 3901

This gif is good for humanity and its ridiculous ego.


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Hehe, I hope you're right about wearing down that ego a bit... but stars can't think, love or do anything else than just being the cosmic lighters they are. you'd have to be either a chainsmoker with a hole in your pocket or a scientist to keep your fascination in stars alive.		2009-03-20 14:43:00

Author:
Wonko the Sane
Posts: 109

This is fairly amazing. I knew there was MUCH bigger stuff then the Sun but these things are just colossal.

And just to think, there are so many more things like that out there that no-one could ever reach, not even at the speed of light.		2009-03-20 16:46:00

Author:
Bear
Posts: 2079

I've seen this vid in Physics actually
Betelgeuce is my fave...		2009-03-21 02:08:00

Author:
Pinchanzee
Posts: 805

Who gives a sh*t if space is infinite.... HOW DO THEY ALL FIT? @_@2009-03-21 15:57:00

Author:
Pitcard
Posts: 779

Man, that's just amazing! It just makes me wonder what sort of magnificent things exist in that endless abyss outside our little planet we call space. There's probably stars out there that make that VY star look like a tiny dot compared to it!:eek:2009-03-22 21:43:00

Author:
lk9988
Posts: 1077

Oh dang, if we ever find a planet that dig to live in, screw overpopulation, we'd have to work ages to put people scattered all around it.
Altho that would be pretty cool, living in a planet bigger than our solar system, since there would take so much to discover you'd probably hear new stuff everyday as with a planet so big must come with an immense variation of other organisms.		2009-03-29 20:10:00

Author:
Silverleon
Posts: 6707

Oh dang, if we ever find a planet that dig to live in, screw overpopulation, we'd have to work ages to put people scattered all around it.
Altho that would be pretty cool, living in a planet bigger than our solar system, since there would take so much to discover you'd probably hear new stuff everyday as with a planet so big must come with an immense variation of other organisms.

That would be pretty cool, but I'm ok living on this compared to the rest of the universe small, green and blue planet.		2009-03-29 20:50:00

Author:
lk9988
Posts: 1077

Nevermind Google Earth:

Google VY Canis Majoris - Download Size 'Whole Internet' :eek:		2009-03-29 21:23:00

Author:
Shermzor
Posts: 1330

Nevermind Google Earth:

Google VY Canis Majoris - Download Size 'Whole Internet' :eek:

I think Chuck Norris would be the only person that would ever be able to do such thinh 		2009-04-01 09:59:00

Author:
Silverleon
Posts: 6707

http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq262/Code1337777/1238124035017.jpg2009-04-06 07:39:00

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Code1337
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