When it comes to stars in this game, how big is big?

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I just found a Red Dwarf that's 34.8 Solar Radii, and it was quite impressive.

Wondering if that's something folks would be interested in.

Figured I'd add the video to the OP, too. Excellent vid taken by my wingmate in MC...

[video=youtube;olgRnCtJ-CI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olgRnCtJ-CI[/video]
 
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Marklar_

Marklar_
I haven't been there myself, but if you want to see a big star go check out Betelgeuse. If the scale is accurate, it should be huge.

[video=youtube_share;zppa-Zkp74E]https://youtu.be/zppa-Zkp74E[/video]
 
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yolomcbobbinz

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There's some stars larger than vy canis majoris and you jump in 5k ls away, the largest I've found was hip 63835 and the jump in point is 1800lsaway I'd consider large stars to be 10 solor radii or greater
 

Sapyx

Sapyx
vindelanos said:
I just found a Red Dwarf that's 34.8 Solar Radii, and it was quite impressive.

Wondering if that's something folks would be interested in.
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I'm pretty sure that'd actually be a red giant, not a red dwarf. M class stars come in both giant and dwarf flavours.
 

Synthetic Frost

Synthetic Frost
Limoncello Lizard said:
VY Canis Majoris

You realise just how big it is when you are fuel scooping at about the same distance as the orbit of Jupiter.
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Actually you're out beyond Saturn, which is almost twice as far. The average fuel scooping distance for VY Canis Majoris is about 5,000Ls. That's more than 10AU, and Saturn orbits at almost exactly 10AU.

vindelanos said:
I just found a Red Dwarf that's 34.8 Solar Radii, and it was quite impressive.

Wondering if that's something folks would be interested in.
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In our own Milky Way, scientists don't expect to ever find a star more than 1,500x more massive than Sol simply because of observed galactic evolutionary models. VY Canis Majoris is about as big as we think they can get thanks to galactic circumstances.

Most of the supergiants and hypergiants we've discovered in real life, like UY Scuti or WOH G64 are outside of our galaxy where gravitational constraints are looser.
 
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eraktor

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Here's Betelgeuse seen from the surface of a planet 2260 light seconds (4.5 times Earth's distance from the Sun) away:

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Cpt Spaulding

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On my way to Sagg. A. I snagged a first discovery on a huge MS class star with a solar radius of 32.1135(no idea how big that is, but I can say it's still huge at 1k Ls away). Hard to believe no one else found it first because it's huge and bright in the Gal. map.

System name: LEAMUAE FI-H D11-110
Star Info,
Age: 7,264 Million years
Solar Mass: 1.1836
Solar Radius: 32.1135
Surface Temp.: 3,198.00K
 
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My wingmate made a MC video last night of my 34.8 Red Giant... excellent video!

[video=youtube;olgRnCtJ-CI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olgRnCtJ-CI[/video]

Cpt Spaulding said:
On my way to Sagg. A. I snagged a first discovery on a huge MS class star with a solar radius of 32.1135(no idea how big that is, but I can say it's still huge at 1k Ls away). Hard to believe no one else found it first because it's huge and bright in the Gal. map.

System name: LEAMUAE FI-H D11-110
Star Info,
Age: 7,264 Million years
Solar Mass: 1.1836
Solar Radius: 32.1135
Surface Temp.: 3,198.00K
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Very nice!

Sapyx said:
I'm pretty sure that'd actually be a red giant, not a red dwarf. M class stars come in both giant and dwarf flavours.
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Thanks! I'll go back and check the system map to see what it says.
 

Marklar_

Marklar_
I came across this simulation of what Betelgeuse might actually look like up close(ish).

If I jumped in and saw something like this, I'd have to go clean my pants:

[video=youtube_share;hJn-jmL_hyo]https://youtu.be/hJn-jmL_hyo[/video]

She's gonna blow!
 
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Histarium

Histarium
There is actually an on going Expedition for this. Called The Land of Giants Expedition. What we found was that 34 is about average for a Red or Yellow Giant. Things start to get a bit larger out in the black when you come across some of the Spectral B class stars. The biggest of these is 497 Solar Radius! To put that into perspective... Sol is only 650,000 km and if take that and times it by 497... well... You get the picture its huge! One reason why these B Class stars are so large is due to their composition and mass. Most B Class stars, nearing the end of their life, will become Black holes due to their size and mass.
 

Synthetic Frost

Synthetic Frost
People keep talking about Betelgeuse, but honestly it's on the small side when looking at hypergiant stars. Seriously folks, VY Canis Majoris is in the game and it is much, MUCH bigger than Betelgeuse.

Heck, it's not even that far from the inhabited bubble. You can get there in less than an hour.

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Look at my speed and distance. I'm fuel scooping at 106c, and honestly, it felt like I was sitting still the whole time. I'm already out beyond the orbit of Saturn comparatively, and if I'd gotten close enough to start heating up, I'd have been in trouble because even at 110x the speed of light, it's hard to get away from it before I burn up.

Betelgeuse is a nice place to visit, but if you really want to take in how truly massive and utterly awe-inspiring stars can be, visit VY Canis Majoris. There are even a couple Type O Blue Hyper Giants within just a jump or two of it if you want to compare it with "normal" hypergiants that are relatively the same size as Betelgeuse.
 
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