Planet & Sun in size perspective (pics)

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:29 pm

Some interesting pics I found concerning sizes of planets and suns:

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:45 pm

They say our old childhood planet Pluto no longer is a planet.

I like the pictures.

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Tue May 20, 2008 10:00 pm

A video I just found that gives you a better view of the sizes:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 1713172831

Checking the video and Wikipedia, Antares is actually bigger than Betelgeuse.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Tue May 20, 2008 10:54 pm

Rigel needs to be the name of a battleship in a videogame or something

it just has that ring to it

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Wed May 21, 2008 12:15 am

I knew red giants were big, but holy shit.

Ex-Cyber · Post by **Ex-Cyber** » Wed May 21, 2008 12:46 am

Pixel_Outlaw wrote:They say our old childhood planet Pluto no longer is a planet.

Hey, don't be hatin' on Eris and Ceres.

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Wed May 21, 2008 1:09 am

are these large red things also suns (stars) or planets?

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Wed May 21, 2008 1:10 am

The red giants remind be of the blobby wobbly things from Gradius V level 1.

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Wed May 21, 2008 1:11 am

hey what ...betelgeuse?
Awesome

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Wed May 21, 2008 2:32 am

VY Canis Majoris>>>>>>>>>>>>>>j00, me and everything.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Wed May 21, 2008 2:48 am

Pixel_Outlaw wrote:They say our old childhood planet Pluto no longer is a planet.

Fuck them.

The mnemonic device doesn't make sense without it.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:04 am

hey where's the 4chan pic that shows the size of xbox and ps3 compared to this stuff lol