VY Canis Majoris

Camio

Camio
Well, I found this on Youtube: [video=youtube;7kr7TliIWes]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kr7TliIWes[/video]
From what I gather it seems to just be a normal star, upped in size.
 

Ebannaw

Ebannaw
Ah nice, I did not know that. The things games like this can teach you. :p

I'm sure it's somewhere in there. There is an area known as scutum. If you type Scutum in Nav it'll take you there. Not sure about the star though, but it may be in one of those systems?
 

neXib

N
I think stars like Vy Canis Majoris that is proven to be quite wild shooting out bursts around it should be represented differently. I think the stars in the game are awesome, there's a lot of variation when you get around and look a bit. But I would like to see more representation of different burning activity and sense of density. That would be awesome. Also more of the special cases would be fun to see represented as people will definitely try to go and see how things look.
 

rodneyhchef

R
I went there during the Gamma Phase and posted some pictures at the time



It is orbited by a brown dwarf at relatively close proximity
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How's this for scale

At the limit of approach to the brown dwarf
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10Ls away
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25Ls away
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50Ls away down to a dot. can't see it in the pic due to the resizing on my host.
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Memnoch

M
The thing with stars is, broadly speaking, they all look alike. They glow different colours of course, but other than that, and their size, they are presented in the much the same way as any other.

VY CM is an amazing star on paper, but in game, and I would imagine reality, at a certain distance it would be hard to distinguish it from another star...until you clock how far away you are from it of course!

An interesting series of shots would be to show a number of different giant stars at the exact same distance to highlight their comparative sizes, and then throw in a few regular stars like Sol to further highlight how truly massive these giants are.
 

Cross

Cross
Memnoch said:
The thing with stars is, broadly speaking, they all look alike. They glow different colours of course, but other than that, and their size, they are presented in the much the same way as any other.
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Actually, I don't think this is entirely true. Exceptionally large stars (like this one) have a fairly tenuous outer envelope compared to the relatively sharp surface boundaries of stars like our Sun, IIRC. They also have a looser grasp on this outer material and (depending on the type) can experience significant mass-loss. Betelgeuse is a good example of this; astronomers keep measuring its size but get differing results, because the star periodically changes size and shape, and is surrounded by shells of material it has cast off in the past.

I imagine they'd be fluffy-looking, and probably a bit lumpen. :p

Here's an artist's impression of Betelgeuse, from Wikipedia:

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DarthLuca

DarthLuca
Memnoch said:
The thing with stars is, broadly speaking, they all look alike. They glow different colours of course, but other than that, and their size, they are presented in the much the same way as any other.
. . . but in game, and I would imagine reality, at a certain distance it would be hard to distinguish it from another star...until you clock how far away you are from it of course
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You took the words right out of my mouth :)
 

Memnoch

M
specialsymbol said:
So it is at least big..
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Very, yes! :)

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Cross said:
Actually, I don't think this is entirely true. Exceptionally large stars (like this one) have a fairly tenuous outer envelope compared to the relatively sharp surface boundaries of stars like our Sun, IIRC. They also have a looser grasp on this outer material and (depending on the type) can experience significant mass-loss. Betelgeuse is a good example of this; astronomers keep measuring its size but get differing results, because the star periodically changes size and shape, and is surrounded by shells of material it has cast off in the past.

I imagine they'd be fluffy-looking, and probably a bit lumpen. :p
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Interesting information but if this is not presented in the game somehow then I stand by my point regarding their representation in-game. Take Sol, or any other star that closely matches the colour of VY Canis Majoris, place yourself at the right distance from each so that they appear to be the same size in your field of vision and you wouldn't be able to tell them apart.

That's not a bad thing, I'm just trying to highlight something and that is people's desire to see VY CM, or any other unusual star in game, and finding it difficult to describe it in any way other than "Yep, that's really big!". What did they expect, other than this? ;)
 

rennarda

R
Prominences are a lot less - well - prominent on the larger stars. They are pretty constant in size, so they can be a good guide for scale. On the smaller stars they loop almost half way around the surface - on the larger stars they are barely visible.
 
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