Monster Star discovered !

[Keatah]

bigger than vv cephi?

 

[orb]

bigger than vv cephi?

No, but heavier.

 

[Urwumpe]

bigger than vv cephi?

No. only more massive and way brighter. But the radius should be much smaller.

 

[RisingFury]

Star with a death wish... it's probably blowing it's own outer shells apart as we speak...

 

[Urwumpe]

Star with a death wish... it's probably blowing it's own outer shells apart as we speak...

If you look at how many solar masses of hydrogen the star already blew away... enough for a few solar systems.

 

[RisingFury]

If you look at how many solar masses of hydrogen the star already blew away... enough for a few solar systems.

Well, guess humans aren't the only ones that want to lose weight...

 

[Bloodworth]

Monster Star...would that make it a monstar?

 

[Urwumpe]

Well, guess humans aren't the only ones that want to lose weight...

would sure be wise... if the star would still be very large, when CNO cycle can start, it would become pretty huge and luminous... and instable.

 

[Ghostrider]

Monster Star...would that make it a monstar?

As long as it's not a Sinistar. Beware. It lives. It hungers.

 

[Keatah]

Monstar, should make that a new classification of stellar bodies. the iau wouldn't go for it since it isn't coined in a series of doctorate dissertations. frakkers!!!

 

[Urwumpe]

Monstar, should make that a new classification of stellar bodies. the iau wouldn't go for it since it isn't coined in a series of doctorate dissertations. frakkers!!!

The IAU wouldn't also make dirty jokes in their planet names. The IAU would go into the basement for laughing.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Here's a cool video zooming in on the giant star.​

 

[Viper1]

A comparison of the smallest stars (red dwarfs), Sun-like stars, blue dwarfs, and the most massive star ever discovered, R 136a1. Image Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
Just a "tad" Bigger...:jawdrops:

 

[lowerlowerhk]

As far as I can remember, sun is merely a spot compared to VY Canis Majoris. How come a star of 300 solar mass can amaze everybody?

 

[orb]

As far as I can remember, sun is merely a spot compared to VY Canis Majoris. How come a star of 300 solar mass can amaze everybody?

VY Canis Majoris is only 20 times heavier than Sun. This isn't all about "the radius", but about "the mass".

 

[Viper1]

As far as I can remember, sun is merely a spot compared to VY Canis Majoris. How come a star of 300 solar mass can amaze everybody?

Extremely massive stars like R 136a1 were previously thought to be unable to form. If breaking the mass record weren't enough, R136a1 also happens to be the most luminous star ever discovered, with an output of energy that is over 10 million times that of the Sun.

 

[Urwumpe]

As far as I can remember, sun is merely a spot compared to VY Canis Majoris. How come a star of 300 solar mass can amaze everybody?

Because VY Canis Majoris weights just 60-100 solar masses, and is thus much lighter than R136a1. also R136A1 has a lumonsity (energy output) that is 10 million times higher than the sun - VY Canis Majoris is just 500,000 times as much. VY Canis Majoris has a surface temperature of about 3000 K, R136a1 has 40,000K : That is why it is much brighter and still much smaller in radius, despite having a mass of 260 times the sun now.

 

[Orbinaut Pete]

Has anyone considered that we could have found :titanis:! :rofl: