hey, i have had celestia since 2012 but i couldn't find the largest known stars . some of them even have wrong sizes .
betelgeuse - 600 solar radii (950 in reality)
antares - 730 solar radii (800 in reality)
theta muscae - not found
v382 carinae - not found
v838 monocerotis - not found
v509 cassiopeiae - not found
mu cephei - 3870 solar radii (1420 in reality)
ky cygni - not found
v354 cephei - not found
nml cygni - not found
vv cephei a - 370 solar radii (1900 in reality)
vv cephei b - not found
vy canis majoris - not found
is there any way to find these stars ? thanks.
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also, there is an addon that adds vy canis majoris, but its radius is short by 100 solar radii. is there any way to fix this ? thanks.
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Danny Lorraine II
You can specify a new radius of any star by providing an STC file in your extras folder which contains Modify statements.
If you were to provide this Addon, I'm sure it would make a lot of people very happy. However, such an Addon should specify the sources for the values you use. Some of the values you mention above do not seem to agree with recent estimates, for example, but it's hard to judge their validity without knowing where you got them. Whenever possible a radius should be taken from a published research paper or other authoritative source of astronomical values. Typos often happen in popularized articles.
In the brief example below, I didn't follow my own advice. It's a lot of work to find the best measurements, so I used a few of the values provided by NASA in a table of about 20 star sizes at https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/educators/lessons/s ... star_dimensions_worksheet.html
I rounded them off because very high precision is hard to justify in most cases.
star_radii.stc
If you were to provide this Addon, I'm sure it would make a lot of people very happy. However, such an Addon should specify the sources for the values you use. Some of the values you mention above do not seem to agree with recent estimates, for example, but it's hard to judge their validity without knowing where you got them. Whenever possible a radius should be taken from a published research paper or other authoritative source of astronomical values. Typos often happen in popularized articles.
In the brief example below, I didn't follow my own advice. It's a lot of work to find the best measurements, so I used a few of the values provided by NASA in a table of about 20 star sizes at https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/educators/lessons/s ... star_dimensions_worksheet.html
I rounded them off because very high precision is hard to justify in most cases.
star_radii.stc
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# Stellar radii calculated from values provided at
# https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/educators/lessons/star_size/star_dimensions_worksheet.html
Modify Star "Antares" { Radius 540000000 } # 776 x solar radius of 695,508 km
Modify Star "BET Lyr" { Radius 13400000 } # 19.2
Modify Star "Betelgeuse" { Radius 696000000 } # 1000
Selden
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i think the source of antares being 800 solar radii was the 1990 lunar occultion, which gave estimates between 653 to 1,246 solar radii
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vv cephei a holds the worst error. it is known to have a diameter 1.900 times our sun's , but celestia has only 370 sr , and vv cephei b is not present . what is the source for those changes ?
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here are i think the values of the largest known stars:
VY Canis Majoris: 2.200
vv cephei a : 1.900
nml cygni: 1.650
woh g64: 1.540
westerlund 1-26: 1.530/2.544
vx sagittarii: 1.520
v354 cephei: 1.520
kw sagittarii: 1.460
ky cygni: 1.420
mu cephei: 1.420
hr 5171: 1.315
rs persei: 1.000
betelgeuse: 950
v509 cassiopeiae: 910
theta muscae: maybe 800?
v838 monocerotis: 800
antares: 800
v382 carinae: 747
119 tauri: 608
r lepus: 500
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vv cephei a holds the worst error. it is known to have a diameter 1.900 times our sun's , but celestia has only 370 sr , and vv cephei b is not present . what is the source for those changes ?
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here are i think the values of the largest known stars:
VY Canis Majoris: 2.200
vv cephei a : 1.900
nml cygni: 1.650
woh g64: 1.540
westerlund 1-26: 1.530/2.544
vx sagittarii: 1.520
v354 cephei: 1.520
kw sagittarii: 1.460
ky cygni: 1.420
mu cephei: 1.420
hr 5171: 1.315
rs persei: 1.000
betelgeuse: 950
v509 cassiopeiae: 910
theta muscae: maybe 800?
v838 monocerotis: 800
antares: 800
v382 carinae: 747
119 tauri: 608
r lepus: 500
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Gurren Lagann
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I agree with selden here. Danny is using sources from 2008-2012.
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But not all of then are right, ok? You are just using inaccurate data.
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"Nothing is impossible for me, as long I'm determinated to keep moving forward!"
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Hi Gurren Lagann and Danny Lorraine II.
Just an opinion.
I'm sincerely tired to read on many threads (why not only one?) questions regarding what is the bigger star and so on, or why xxx isn't in Celestia data.
Well all the questions have been replied many times (with even too much patience, IMHO), so why are you going on and on again on the same argument?
Moreover now, in two different threads you two switched from plain discussion to reciprocal offenses, and this is not the right way here in Celestia.
So I'm asking the moderator to please ban for some time both of you, hoping that some days without quarrelling can calm your astronomical impetuosity.
BTW I, and I think many other Celestia users, can sleep without problems even without having knowledge of VY CMa real diameter (as for angel's sex, BTW), so, please, stop!
Thanks a lot.
Goofy
Just an opinion.
I'm sincerely tired to read on many threads (why not only one?) questions regarding what is the bigger star and so on, or why xxx isn't in Celestia data.
Well all the questions have been replied many times (with even too much patience, IMHO), so why are you going on and on again on the same argument?
Moreover now, in two different threads you two switched from plain discussion to reciprocal offenses, and this is not the right way here in Celestia.
So I'm asking the moderator to please ban for some time both of you, hoping that some days without quarrelling can calm your astronomical impetuosity.
BTW I, and I think many other Celestia users, can sleep without problems even without having knowledge of VY CMa real diameter (as for angel's sex, BTW), so, please, stop!
Thanks a lot.
Goofy
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Sorry goofy
"The tomorrow we're trying to reach is not a tomorrow you had decided on!"
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"Nothing is impossible for me, as long I'm determinated to keep moving forward!"
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Gurren Lagann
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Everyone has their own opinions, why are we fighting over they?
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"Nothing is impossible for me, as long I'm determinated to keep moving forward!"
"If other people aren't going to do it, I'm going to do it myself!"
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Current major projects:
- Aur Cir
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- Simon the Digger
"Nothing is impossible for me, as long I'm determinated to keep moving forward!"
"If other people aren't going to do it, I'm going to do it myself!"
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Current major projects:
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