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Published: 2013-07-27 13:24:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 15732; Favourites: 168; Downloads: 877
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hi.
made another star again, this time its the largest star discovered, NML Cygni. started and finished this one late yesterday in about 7 hours. most of the time spent creating the flares and tweaking. only got to post this this morning, though, had to wake up early. let me know what you guys think.
i recommend downloadng to see all detail.so enjoy the image! and remember that comments and critques and favs are welcome and appreciated!
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NML Cygni
constellation: ................... Cygnuslocation: .......................... Cygnus OB2 Association, Milkyway Galaxydistance from earth: .......... 5,300 lystar's name: ..................... NML Cygnistar's type: ....................... M61star's mass: ...................... 25-40 solar massesstar's radius: ..................... 1,650 solar radii (7.67 au)star's luminosity: ............... 270,000 solar luminositiesstar's surface temp.: .......... unknownapparent magnitude: ......... 16.6star's age: ......................... unknownDescription
NML Cygni is the largest star discovered to date with a radius 1,650 times that of our sun. if it were placed at the center of our solar system, its outer surface would extend further than the orbit of jupiter, filling over half the gap between jupiter and saturn's orbits. it is also one the most luminous, cool hyper-giant stars known. this star losses about 200 earth masses of material every year from its outer surface, which creates two distinct shells of gas and dust around the star travelling at roughly 20km every second. despite the star's enormous size, it does not gravitationally dominate its stellar neighbourhood because of its mass of only 25-40 solar masses and its unique position in the galaxy.
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uy scuti is bigger I believe, but WOW this thing is amazing
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Nice art, I like this star but my most favourite is UY Scuti
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thanks, glad you like the work.
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Awesome indeed i can see the raging solar flares!!! :0 I imagine if the star core collapse it can potentially create a grand blackhole... pretty scary!
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that would be one big black hole!
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the biggest black hole has a name...lets name it!
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Love this too, my only negative (but even though, not very negative) comment on this artwork, is the words NML Cygni looks a fair bit blurred, compared to your title on the R136a1.
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wait, ignore that, my pc decided to lag out loading the image in full screen. >_<
So, it's Amazing! /hurrah
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Very well done, the flares look very smooth and natural ^^
There is a mistake in your description however, it says that "it losses 200 solar masses of material each year" When it should say "It losses 200 EARTH masses of material each year, otherwise it would lose all it's mass in two months! ^^
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thank you.
also, thank you for pointing out that mistake on my part. i must of mistaken the earth's symbol for the sun's symbol when going through its stats on wikipedia.
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I don't think I can write enough to make a critique, but I absolutely love this. The wonder and awe of the universe: all in one picture
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thank you, glad you like it!
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