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Posted by: Caelumamittendum Mar 4 2009, 11:34 PM

A friend of mine just showed me this. I love such things...

Posted by: Andrew6 Mar 4 2009, 11:39 PM

I wonder if thats were canis draws his name from ?

Posted by: bladzerok Mar 4 2009, 11:48 PM

well i guess its a big star...

i stopped to try to compare the stars to the sun after betelgeuse

Posted by: Fran Mar 4 2009, 11:55 PM

Awesome!!

Posted by: Sircraigery Mar 5 2009, 12:06 AM

The vid lost me at 0:45 haha.

Posted by: berko Mar 5 2009, 12:08 AM

Great and informative!

Posted by: g-forcelover Mar 5 2009, 12:15 AM

1:14 ahhhhh! but that is awesome

Posted by: Trond Vold Mar 5 2009, 12:22 AM

Woa.. great video! It's quite mindboggling how huge that thing actually is

Posted by: Gus Mar 5 2009, 12:44 AM

Wow. That's really amazing. After seeing the video I went for wikipedia to see about these stars. Awesome

Posted by: Rated Htr Mar 5 2009, 01:29 AM

Amazing, made me do the face when I saw Muris Ninja's Skills

Posted by: Hammerhead Mar 5 2009, 01:32 AM

I'm SPEECHLESS!!!!!!!!!!!!
[i]Just when I thought I was somebody!!!

WOW

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Mar 5 2009, 01:36 AM

That thing is bigger than our whole solar system many many times! Awesome! if we could somehow harnest it's energy..

Posted by: Aleksander Sukovic Mar 5 2009, 01:52 AM

This is amazing! But, for me, galaxies are most fascinating. Astronomy is actually one of my all-time interests.

Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: Emir Hot Mar 5 2009, 02:57 AM

I have seen this before. Great video.

Posted by: Sollesnes Mar 5 2009, 03:45 AM

Hey, I was looking for this video some time back. Thanks for sharing

Posted by: Andrew Cockburn Mar 5 2009, 03:52 AM

Cool - I love this stuff! I was into astronomy a few years ago, had a cool telescope but sold it to update my recording studio

Posted by: enforcer Mar 5 2009, 03:57 AM

You wouldnt want to get near to it after it becomes a blackhole. And yes, one day it will be

Posted by: VinceG Mar 5 2009, 09:19 AM

Earth is but an atom compared to these stars. The outer space is amazing even though in a blink of an eye, these stars could explode and possibly take earth with it as well. It would be the prettiest destruction.

Posted by: David Wallimann Mar 5 2009, 01:28 PM

That is absolutely mind blowing..
Brings out lots of very deep almost spiritual questions.
I love it!

Posted by: dusty Mar 5 2009, 02:20 PM

there is nothing like having the odd reminder of actually how insignificant we really are, puts things in to perspective. been an astronomy fan for quite a few years now and found that clip very interesting, just wondering which ones are the closest to going nova and how many lifetmes we would have to wait to see it.

Posted by: Velvet Roger Mar 5 2009, 02:28 PM

Amazing stuff! Thanks for sharing this

Posted by: fatb0t Mar 5 2009, 02:46 PM

I completely agree with you.

I mean, I get up drink my coffee, get into my car, drive to work , blah blah blah see the same sights every single day.
Yet all around us is inconceivably complex things. Astronomy has always drove me batty, I think it's the coolest thing ever. For humans to even understand 1/213827354984375984375984343987th of what's going on in the universe is a pretty cool feat I think. People are so concerned with the little things in life like what Cameron Diaz is wearing or who won that grammy. I think if we devoted ourselves to science more and less to entertainment as a race we'd be far more advanced.
For the our sun, the beacon of light in our solar system to be the size of an atom compared to that last star is mind boggling. I sometimes wish I was born way in the future so I could really understand how complex and amazing the universe really is.

You know when humans thought the planet was flat? I feel like we have a bunch of misconceptions of the universe in exactly the same way. I'm sure in like 100 years we'll be like 'CAN YOU BELIEVE THEY THOUGHT THAT?!?!!'. I pisses me off I was born now because I want to have allll that knowledge

Oh well, hopefully the human race won't eradicate itself before it understands the complexities of our amazing universe!

Okay back to my banal, inane existence.

Posted by: Caelumamittendum Mar 5 2009, 02:55 PM

I betcha that in some years (read within my lifetime) they'll find another star which makes Canis Majoris look like an atom in comparison.

Posted by: fatb0t Mar 5 2009, 03:02 PM

yeah you're probably right, perhaps they can get infinitely larger

Posted by: Praetorian Mar 5 2009, 03:28 PM

Wow...THAT makes you feel insignificant!!

Posted by: audiopaal Mar 8 2009, 11:49 AM

I've seen that, great vid
Thanks for sharing

Posted by: Sensible Jones Mar 8 2009, 12:27 PM

My Bro sent me that as a Power Point slide show with no music!! That has far more impact to see it like that!!!!

Posted by: AlexLion Mar 9 2009, 07:55 PM

NO WAY!

Posted by: Igarj Mar 9 2009, 09:14 PM

Holy!

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Great Vid Cal.

(sorted cheers )

Posted by: Ramiro Delforte Mar 10 2009, 05:22 AM

I love all this thigs as well
Thanx a lot for sharing the video!

Posted by: Sinisa Cekic Mar 10 2009, 09:41 AM

Amazing Vid,tnx for sharing !

Posted by: Vasilije Vukmirovic Mar 10 2009, 03:56 PM

Music fits so well! Really great video!

Posted by: Roadside Mar 10 2009, 08:17 PM

Thanks for sharing, mindblowing imagine how many guitars could be produced on these stars

Posted by: Hammerhead May 16 2009, 05:55 AM

It's worth a watch!

again...

Posted by: Daniel Robinson May 16 2009, 06:47 AM

While i was watching i didn't read any of the comments i half expected it to be some kind of Joke, like at the very end have Ynqwie's head or something. Boy it had me fooled lol.


I agree with the fact we will find something larger. I have always theorized in my own head that the universe is infinite in macrocosm and microcosm. Think about it, what if we found out that our solar system is a molecule in an infinately larger universe. That means humans would be sub-atomic particles, made up of infinitely smaller material, so on and so forth. When i think about it like this it makes my head spin lol



Daniel