Stars come in a wide range of sizes, but how do we calculate a star's size to determine which is the biggest? In this episode of OOTW, we will find out how stars are measured to determine their mind-blowing sizes, and above all, which of them are the largest stars.
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SOURCES:
- Why Do Stars Vary in Size: www.forbes.com/sites/startswi...
- Determining Star Radius: forums.space.com/threads/how-...
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- Red Giant Sun: imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science...
- Stellar Wind Composition: www.sciencedaily.com/releases...
- Star Size Limits: futurism.com/is-there-a-limit...
- Parallax Visualisation and Maths: • Stellar parallax and m...
- Canis Majrois: www.constellation-guide.com/v...
- List of Largest Stars: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
1:04 What Are Stars?
5:40 How Stars Become Huge
9:38 Problems with Direct Measurements
11:31 Parallax
13:01 Indirectly Measuring Stars
15:33 VY Canis Majoris
18:30 UY Scuti
22:59 Stephenson 2-18
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..b..but mom says _I'm_ the biggest star.😔
Mom is always right. 😂
She lied 💀 🤧
@@JahonCross Does that mean I'm _not_ the most handsome young man in the world?
"my little stephenson 2-18
You are, carry on.🌞
If this is Stephenson, I'd hate to see Stephen...
😂
🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤣
Hardy har har 😂😂
🤣🤣
If you ever feel stressed remember there’s a very large Star out there named Steven who can barely hold himself together
Akito!
i can't help but smile when for Canis Major, a freaking dachshund is used for comparison of the constellation lol
And 1 year later i was smiling about the dachshund and looking for another comment doing the same😂❤
It’s kinda disturbing to think that 100 years seems a long time to humans, but on a cosmic scale 100,000 years is equivalent to about “a blink of an eye”.
For me it's not disturbing but it really puts things into perspective, so I appreciate the time we are given much more.
Star Trek Voyager...
the time it takes for us to blink once is about 1/372,000,000th of a lifetime 100,000 years going by is about 1/72,000,000,000th of the universes current age
@@notxon300 yeah blinking is too long an analogy compared to our universe
For other species 100.000 years might be as 100 are for humans tho'
This is one of the best science channels on KZhead. As a 67yr old I still remember how things were before the internet and I believe this allows me to appreciate it more. If someone told me back then that everyone could access more or less the sum total of human knowledge and culture from a small box in your room I would have thought them mad!
For real. The effort he puts in his videos and the quality, are amazing. I grew up with early days of internet and this was a dream for us, to have this quality content h24.
Or a small box in your hand!
A 67 yrs old with a Lenin icon that also appreciates these videos? I feel like I’ve hit the lottery.
I’m 40 and completely agree. The advances and impact of technology over the past 25 years can only be compared to when man invented the wheel.
I am a lot younger than you but i remember before i had internet i had read every decent book at my local library it was miserable compared to how it is now.
Could you imagine being within a few hundred light years of these monsters? How big and bright they would appear at night?!
A frightening thought !
I think they'd be big and bright ALL the time. Hence no night. Yes, yes... what about when you're on the side of the planet facing away from the star? Well, I suspect the light would find a way to bend around the atmosphere so you'd never really be in the dark.
There would be day and then there would be DAY
I wonder how far away a planet would have to be from one of these stars to be in the habitable zone of it
Betelgeuse and Rigel are both really big stars a few hundred light years away. Sirius and Procyon are also quite big and only around 10 light years away. They are all among the 10 brightest stars in the sky, but still pale compared to Mars and Jupiter. I would imagine Stephenson 2-18 from say 600 light years away to be a very similar sight to our brightest stars. But having it perhaps 20 light years away, I guess it could look as bright as Saturn or maybe even Jupiter.
I have to give it to you man. I watch videos about stars, space, galaxies, universe In general and things alike. This is the most jam packed yet simplistic video ive seen. Its got a lot of info on stats yet its not overwhelming and is still understandable for someone who doesnt have an the first idea about stars. Bravo my friend, bravo. Thank you for this.
With a single video i havent even finished you gained my respect and made me like and sub.
I took Stephenson 2-18's numbers to a habitable zone calculator, and it gave me numbers like 630 AU - 1111 AU, which is a mind-boggling distance. Pluto is at its furthest at 49.3 AU, for a point of reference.
r136a1 is 5 light years habitability zone ( 315 times mass of the sun and 20 times radius )
Nerds rule.
Wooh
Does it differentiate between a hot main sequence and an ultra low density expanded star?
It would also take years just for a full rotation
Still cannot believe this level of content is free. This shit is National Geographic or Space Attenborough quality.
Who told u it was free?
@@waylaidbyfate.5312 Your mother.
@@Carodej.Dobrodej guess I gotta look u up.😈
@@Carodej.Dobrodej I'll see u soon martin.☠🤯🤬
You’re right. This content is so professional that it deserves more recognition like a Netflix series
I find it fascinating that many of these stars could already be dead. Think for a moment, if a star is 10,000 light *years* away from us, we’re witnessing the star 10,000 years in the past
Erebus: And 10,000 years in cosmic time is VERY recent. We think the universe is well over a million times older than that.
Well, 10,000 light years is pretty damn far. On the scale of a star, not much happens in 10,000 years. Most stars that we think are "close" to death are still sometimes millions of years away from death, and if we were looking at a star 10,000 light years away, it would have to be at the very very end of its life for it to be gone by "now". But even the concept of "now" isnt very clear over vast distances like that. Its pretty hard to think about two events thousands of light years apart happening at the same "moment" so we just consider the light that reaches us to be "now". I love looking up at the stars at night, thinking about the journey the photons that are currently in my eyes must have taken. Some stars appearing as they were 5 years ago, some 30, some 100. What I find more interesting is that a lot of these photons took more time going from the core of the star to leaving it, than they took travelling across space to reach the earth. Honestly, space is just ridiculous. We have unimaginably tiny things making up unimaginably huge things, and here we are trying our best to observe it all. The farther out you think, the less everything makes sense.
@@DizzyFoShizzy Contrary to the meme, pretty much every star that is visible in the sky without a telescope should still exists. Given how relatively close all the easily visible stars are, and even for the shortest-lived stars one or two thousand years really isn't much time, there's even a good chance that every star that you see when you look up still exists.
More definition please
that effect is why we can see so far into our universe's past. The most distant galaxies and stars tell us not what's there now, but what was there closest to the beginning.
I have watched many documentaries on the universe but still didn't know how stars are formed until this video came along. The explanation was easy enough to understand which is quite a challenge on it's own.
Quantum Physics is all this
I just can’t wait for the James Webb telescope
Event beyond imagination
Definitely!!!
I hope all goes well on launchday🙈🙈🙈
2027 let's gooo
@@aaronb1977 lol
This stuff interests me so much. I suck at mathematics, and I have a lot of trouble visualizing large numbers… But astronomy and cosmology is so fascinating. I just keep binging these videos. I appreciate all you do man!
Trust me: everyone has a hard time visualizing large numbers so don’t hold that against yourself!
@@Refrigerator44 I’ve since heard something that really helped me understand the vast difference between a million and a billion; a million seconds is 11.5 days, while a billion is nearly 32 YEARS. It’s mind blowing stuff!
@@chosentonessournotes Another fun way to see it is: the difference between a million and a billion is just about one billion.
@@chosentonessournotes You think that's bad, from a billion to a trillion is 31.5 years to over 31,000 years...
Extremely relatable comment
I need you to know, that your videos are next level. Each and every fascinating film has broadened my understanding of our universe immensely. Visually, each video is more elegant and beautiful than the next. Your narration is not only soothing to the ear, and poetic, but you’ve mastered the art of presenting these highly complex scientific concepts in a way that’s easily 😅understood by a simpleton like myself. I FINALLY FEEL LIKE I HAVE found my go to- FAVORITE channel on all things universe/space/etc
absolutely love space. its always been a huge comfort for me. when i was 9, i thought vy canis majoris was the biggest star, and that it and uy scuti had a big rivalry, but seeing larger stars be introduced is such a nice topic. thank you for this informative video !
James Webb telescoop for sure gonna find larger red giant's and mindblowing planet's.
We have heard this Since 2016. Almost we are dismayed😭
planets* - just a heads up. you never use an apostrophe for plurals, not even 90’s. it’s ‘90s
Tele Scoop
Maybe by 2050, sure
facts
Imagine being able to fly to Stephenson 2-18. You park your Starship a few Kilometres from the star (just imagining for now, that the ship would be able to), and looking at a gigantic wall of fire with no end to be seen, no matter what direction you look... I would love to see that.
The sun's closer
You need a good pair of sunglasses and lots of suncream...😎🤓
And a rly strong magnetic field.
@@anonymousviewer2165 The sun is closer than a few km?, so whe i see the sun at an 45degrees angle i only need to travel a few km to have it right above me?.
Actually, if you look along a line parallel to a tangent to the sun's circumference, you would see space, and not the star. While the star would take up a lot of the view in front of you, it would not be visible in whatever direction you look, assuming that you could restrict the brightness to a level that would allow for viewing.
The narrater is an absolute legend. The content is immaculate. The information and imagery is of the highest quality. I love it. I can't get enough of this channel. What a masterpiece.
I love how he describes our “much more accurate measurements since the dawn of the 21st century”…but then all of those measurements over the last 1-2 decades have been drastically changed in the last 2-3 years.
"Seasons that last a millennia." Mind blown! This whole video was an absolute delight to watch, and I was in constant awe, not just of the scale of our universe, but of mankind's ability to decode so much of it and the methods they use. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this gem of a channel!
In for a long hard summer , hope air con doesn’t fail😞
Oh, you sweet summer child...
@@paulgibbon5991 ?
@@DrJones20 It was a "Game of Thrones" joke, the series set in a world that also has very long seasons.
"A millenia"??? How about "millenium"?
This channel is probably the main reason for why I got into astronomy
You're the main reason I read KZhead comments.
I find this fascinating as hell!! I love learning about space and stars and all the things involved. Simply unimaginable sized stars!
I love how you explained the math and processes used to estimate measurements for the distant stars! So cool; thank you!
Please never stop this endeavour SEA. I will watch you until the end. You are my favourite channel on KZhead and there is no other channel which I keenly await videos for. Everything you do is awesome and every topic that you talk about is too. You are able to inject such an incredible amount of understandable science in, that your videos are unmatched in their viewing. Your layman's descriptions of immensely complex topics are unparalleled. I can't thank you enough for all that you do, and I beg that you continue it, far into the future. I would love to contribute to you somehow. In any which way. Patreon, bank transfer. Hell, I'd write you a bloody check. For the amount of hours that I have watched your videos (every one of them numerous times) I owe you more than just pitiful Add revenue. Please respond so we can work something out!! -Jack from Dorset, UK
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@@sirensynapse5603 get a life mate aha. Just paying respects to a content creator that I enjoy :))
@@CaptainJack246 I agree, he makes these videos so simple and easy to understand it's amazing
Thank you very much that’s very kind, I’m glad you like the videos 🙂 if you want to do something extra you can become a channel member! channel members get early video previews as well 🙂
@@sea_space Done! Looking forward to early posts.
The scales of the universe are *_mind-blowing_*
Allahu akbar
@ozymandias nullifidian god isnt imaginary.. matter of fact science helps prove god exists in many cases
@@starkilla102 stop making shit up you just watched an episode of simpsons where homer proves theres a god
@@tixchicken i dont watch the simpsons?? Not it really matter im not gonna argue with a flat earther
@@starkilla102 gods are a catch all for stupid, fearful people. A stain on progress in every sense. God done did it.
He explains what can happen and what can't about sizes and temperatures. This captivates me. Very good explanations of star formation. Beautiful animations.
Exceptional video! A lot of good insight into basic stellar mechanics. I usually find other cosmological concepts more interesting than stars themselves but this one had my attention all the way through!
Sea, you're fr my favourite youtuber, i have watched and rewatched pretty much all your vids, and i know this is a weird compliment, but putting on your vids when im tryna go to sleep helps like nothing else, so youve also fixed my sleeping schedule xd
Dude, same here. SEA rocks
I thought i was the only one.
Yepppp! Going down for a nap, and a new video is up? Gooood niiiight
I put on the ultimate space Playlist every night to go to sleep. Seriously love this channel so much
You are not the only one :)
You're one of the few KZhead channels in which I will not just purposefully set-aside time to do nothing but watch your video, but one of the fewer still in which I much prefer to make something of an evening of it ;D A meal, a drink and some SEA is a little slice of heaven.
The uncomprehencable size of this star is just utterly, ridiculously awesome!!! Thank you for the videos that you put out. Your channel is now my new favorite channel to watch.
What will really make you think is that these are 3 stars out of the billions in our galaxy. There are billions of galaxies, each with billions of stars....
This channel is the reason why I don't bother watching any type science "shows" on network TV. Well done.
Really appreciate your patient introduction to the topical ‘main sequence’ before going full-on hypergiant with normally stupefying size comparisons. Top-shelf content, without question. Much gratitude from Canada; huge thank-you for the new content. 👍
Corn on the nose, not a good pose 😂
The subject of your videos (space) is fascinating, of course, but what I find to be even more compelling is the way that you explain it. You are technical, but also eloquent. You use this kind of science to appeal to our emotions, and that makes it so much more memorable. There is information about space all over the internet, but I watch your videos because of the delivery. Your narration, coupled with the content itself, is amazing.
If I had children, this channel would be required viewing to help simulate their imagination and interest in science. I can't believe this level of quality content is free. Thank you SEA!
This is FANTASTIC! Absolutely fascinating stuff. Just subscribed. I love these subjects; they're faberoo!
SEA, your videos always help me fall asleep, you manage to make something that gives people existential dread so calming and soothing to watch and listen to. Never stop, my dude.
eh? why the heck would this give you existential dread? how it is threatening your existence? man, you need to calm down, it's not that serious, bro.
I'm doing it right now. In my bed, a bit high and rewashing videos. And after 3-4 of them I'll sleep like a baby...
@@wesleyhempoli5548 I was going to say the same thing. I don't understand why this type of content makes people feel anxious. It actually brings me a sense of relief to actually get to sit down and watch something, and I feel relaxed. Learning about galaxies and how big stars are and stuff is cool to me, not really intimidating at all. It's interesting. My daughter doesn't like watching this channel or space rip because she thinks that the narrators both sound "scary" - but I think this one actually sounds kind of hot 😂 and Dick Rodstein over at Space Rip is great.
@@pantherofcarantania you must be high if you're rewashing videos 😁
@@Pugetwitch Hahaha! Yes, I was...
The best way to fall asleep. I even made a “SEA to Sleep” playlist...
Why can’t all KZhead science channels deliver content this crisp and clearly presented? Excellent production - thank you!
I'm so glad I subscribed to your channel a while ago. This video reminds me why I did, and why I need to spend more time there. Brilliantly done. Truly a shining example of what 'astronomy for laymen' channels should be.
You and LEMMiNO make the perfect vibe with these videos
you...have good taste
@@letsgo_inc Damn straight he does
@@letsgo_inc There's also Nexpo, which is more focused on "horror" stuff.
@@mynickisnick8270.....Yeah, my ex-wife stars in a lot of Nexpo horror shorts!
This has to be my best subscription on KZhead yet. I just spent all weekend watching these nonstop until just now. It’s Thursday.
very informative about the Hyper Giant stars and particularly Stephenson 2-18 ! Thanks for posting
Calm voice, clear English, informative. Great Job!
SEA always coming through with the discovery channel level of documentaries. Don't ever stop making vidoes man society NEEDS the kind of educational content you put out, and i thank you for it
They're past the Discovery Channel, there's nothing on cable any more except "reality" shows and a few science and history shows that are made for a 6th grade level.
Dude your channel came out of no where but you are honestly one of the best astronomy channels on KZhead. Keep up your good work man!
its weird. Once you start learning about space and stars and planets and everything else involved, you don't look at things the same anymore. Space is fascinating and terrifying.
This channel has helped me sleep for a year now.
of all the crazy space shows ive seen , i’m grateful someone finally started their show with what you would think a space nerd like myself would have had a strong grasp on....how a star is made. every time it’s explained it’s explained in such a confusing manner. i learned a lot from this.
It’s awesome seeing VY Canis Majoris being given considerable mention. It’s the star that got me into astronomy all the way back in 4th grade so I have a special love for the star.
That is really interesting because same here actually! When I was in year 7 (6th grade I think that is) we watched a video in school about the largest stars and it was one of those ones where it just kept zooming out. It really got me interested in the subject.
@@sea_space That’s awesome! It’s amazing how something as simple as an extraordinary object such as this can lead to scientific interest.
@@sea_space also I just noticed you have a Twitter, I just followed you
Same for me! I found it in universe sandbox as a 2nd or 3rd grader and I’ve been into space ever since!
Extraordinary! What it also truly spiritual is that everything that makes up all that we see (except hydrogen) arises from these large stars.
I'm a microbiologist. I find it incredible to see the scale and complexity of space, yet be so often reminded of the microcosm. It's like it's all a similar pattern on every scale. The universe is an infinity of matryoshka dolls.
I find it funny that some people compare SEA with national geographic, while in fact this channel surpassed NG already. Its unbiased and unfiltered pure science. How it should be
I just found your channel yesterday, and I've already watched just about every single space video. I think I'm gonna end up watching these again and again, the visuals and the way you make such complex information accessible is extremely unique. Thank you so much for these
I like how you use Spaceengine for most of the illustrations
I’ve learned so much by the first 5 min than my 1 year of watching other videos on stars. They don’t go into detail like this 👍
Great video! I particularly appreciate that you spent the first 15 minutes on background and methodology instead of jumping straight to the list - it really puts the measurements into perspective and makes it a lot easier for us scientifically-minded laypeople to appreciate them :^) I tried looking up the mass of Stephenson 2-18 but couldn't find anything online, not even an estimate or an explanation of why there is no mass estimate. Do you know anything about its estimated mass? or about why its mass can't be estimated? Cheers from Sweden
Thanks, glad you like it :) I’m not sure what Stephenson 2-18’s mass is, but I think scientists don’t really bother with red supergiant mass because it’s a lot less than you might expect. Most red giants and supergiants eject most of their mass and become much less dense when they exit the main sequence. I remember reading that one of the largest is only 10 solar masses. The mass doesn’t scale with size, and in fact the most massive known star, r136a1, is actually a main sequence star I think
@@sea_space That's what I thought! VY Canis Majoris and UY Scuti both do have mass estimates stated on Wikipedia though, 17±8 and 7-10 M☉ respectively, so I didn't get why Stephenson 2-18 gets a different treatment. Maybe because it's a lot farther away, making its interactions with other bodies a lot harder to measure?
@@elleboman8465 Stephenson 2-18's mass is around 40 solar masses I think.
I imagine that having two similar space telescopes at the same orbit, but at opposite sides, would be pretty useful for astronomers.
wouldn't they hit each other?
@@danijelovskikanal7017why would they? If they're traveling at the same speed it's fine. They would hopefully have enough fuel to adjust for changes in speed compared to each other if it somehow changes.
How is that outside the realms of possibility?
I just discovered your channel and have shown this to my 97 year old father. He also loves the fantastic content and presentation.
This is absolutely fascinating! Excellent input Tysvm ❤️
This whole video was absolutely mesmerising, the scale of the cosmos is truly mind blowing.
That's just our galaxy alone.
What if most of it's an impossible optical illusion? A system that acts a certain way when studied?
Been watching you since early 2016 and I just gotta say, your channel is still amazing to watch. So happy you grew away from GD and followed your ambitions. I can tell you love the topics you discuss and that you put in the effort. Can't wait to see you grow even more in the future man. Love ya
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In the words of Qui-Gon Jin "There's always a bigger fish..." One day we will find a star that dwarfs Stephenson 2-18. Maybe even one day we'll find a star that is so powerful it fuses iron which would break all known laws of physics.
The photons take 7 hours to travel UY's circumference. That blows my mind.
dbsti300 I went back and listened to that part three times to make sure that it stuck solid in my memory banks. I too find this astounding! We are soooo small in the big picture. Space science rocks!
@@TheGryxter We are nothing. I want us to be something in the grand scheme of things, but like Neil Degrasse Tyson said, " The universe is under no obligation to make sense to humans."
I think he meant radius.
@@TheGryxter and its even more mind blowing that we are bigger than the smallest things out there than the universe is bigger than us..
@@atanasapostolov2731 ? We only know of organisms on planet earth, and about a good chunk of our planet is still undiscovered
Would love to see you collaborate with Astrum on something about the Perseverance mission
This is the first vid I have seen from the channel, very engaging! Please edit the solar radii explanation graphic at 4:05 to avoid any misconceptions. Thanks!
Expertly commentated, beautifully edited, very informative. Cheers!
This is so well explained, watched this video about 5 times. Agree with the Attenborough comment and it's nice to hear the Essex accent and the informal expressions, makes it easier to concentrate on the info. Very enjoyable watch 👍
Extremely high quality content such as this is rare on KZhead. Very well-produced, factually accurate and concise. Subscribed.
I'm someone who isn't even a space/cosmos person, and I also have subbed to SEA for a minute. Dude makes quality stuff.
good video :) love the channel i listen to the playlist daily while working at my boring factory job making castors and wheels.
Thanks for another great video, look forward to many more!
Damn, Stephenson 2-18 is a seriously chunky chunk! Love this content. Also, ''zone of avoidance'' sounds so cool! Also, also, does anyone know what's happening with Eta Carinae? I thought it was a potential supernova candidate?
Hush babe
@@bigzach7778 No you
@@DrJones20 hush up too
@@bigzach7778 Lol, what a random lunatic
@@DrJones20 when I say hush u hush!!!
Wonderful video! Thank you for nourishing my mind and imagination. You are one of the very best channels on KZhead as far as I'm concerned. Always so happy when you post something new!
The size of the universe is true amazing and terrifying all at once. I love learning about space and all the wild stuff that goes on in it. But it also reminds me just how small and fragile we truly are.
Astronomy and Physics were my favorite subjects. I graduated from a University and now work as a Tech in a dealership. I have never gotten a car misaligned to a lift, a car to fall off from a lift or caused an accident there. People have asked me how am I the way I am. I told them it’s all common sense and you just have to predict what could happen and just do whatever to prevent it. Some rookies asked me how do I seemed to able to always solve/fix situations physically, I told them it’s all logic and physics.
The intro and soundtrack gets better everytime. 🤩
Hey Sea , I have been watching your videos for a pretty long amount of time and you never cease to amaze me. you always inspire me to become an astrophysicist and answer the questions about the universe that nobody has ever answered. Great content as always !
Makes you wonder what's out there. I bet there's stars that would make Stephenson 2-18 look like a grain of sand. Can't wait to see what they find in my lifetime.
I often wonder how we "know" about certain things like this. Thank you for explaining how we, as a species, have come to know about the distances, masses, and luminosities of these stars.
That was awesome. Thank you for this well rounded compilation of large stars.
0:35 Stephenson 2-18 is a "oh lawd he comin' star 🌟
As a kid I loved how the universe works. As I got older I found that most of those shows and movies they’ve come out with since are extremely over simplified and repetitive, not going into detail about obvious questions because it might be to complicated for most. KZheadrs like your self do the research and scientists more justice.
Interstellar was good at least
Videos like these make me feel the fact of how small we are and how miniscule the human species is
SEA your videos are truly spectacular and one of a kind. I’ve been studying astronomy since I was a little kid, when I first sat in the front yard and looked out into the night sky. My dad told me the stars were millions of miles away, and that moment captured my imagination and never left. I’m planning on going back to school to study physics and astronomy to hopefully make my mark on science one day. Thank you so much for the inspiration, and never stop reaching for the stars :)
So how's your plan on going back to school going
Honestly this Channel is amazing. I don’t know where you get you digital/visuals from but it looks amazing. Also, the soft, distant drone like music goes perfectly with your voice over, and adds a remarkable sense of desolation. Best of luck in your efforts. I’ll keep coming back to watch!
Thank you so much! If you want to know about visuals, I make them in a program called Space Engine which is available on steam. It’s really cool, it’s a full virtual universe simulator which allows for graphics like that so I would highly highly recommend it if you like this sort of stuff 🙂
@@sea_space......I certainly didn't expect "really cool" from the SEA man!.....but it's cool!
I watch videos like these before bed so I can dream of space.
Well absolute excellent video. Thank you. I watch videos all the time on U Tube and have watched tens of thousands probably over last 10 yrs or more. I mainly watch Astronomy and Space related videos and as someone who is massively into Astronomy I already knew a lot of whats in the video, but not all of it. However thats not why I am commenting. I just wanted to say thank you for such a brilliant,informative and superbly presented video. There was thankfully None of the Hideously Loud music, No Gimmiks and Cartoon like Flashing images, No Screaming loud voice and best of all no adverts. If only all Astronomy related videos on U Tube were like ours. Excellent. I immediately liked, and subscribed and will watch all your Astronomy related videos from now on. Thank you.
Yes SEA, I could listen to you narrate film for hours. Another "Stellar" video ! Yes, the info in this video is mind blowing, but once again, I don't think any of this video went over anyone's head, so to speak. Well Done. Again.
Just remember this: there is always a bigger fish.
So for the record: At the time of making this video, astronomic parallax angle measurements are in the accuracy range of 10^-7 radiant (16 light minutes / 400 light years). That allows for hope that parallax measurements based on movement around the galaxy (which is about 20 times as fast as the wiggle around the sun) will give possibilities to measure further out stars up to distances of 20*(number of years over measurements)*400 ly in the long run with the same technology level. Of course only for stars that are not moving with us in our neighborhood. For stars at the opposite end of the galaxy, since those at the same time move in the opposite direction against the background, the measurement reach (or its accuracy) is extended even twice as much. Thus, with long term mapping projects like gaia, we will get parallax measurements of the majority of stars in our galaxy and its surroundings at least after a few decades. What makes these supergiants so impressing (for "normal" people like me) is their fluffiness: They have already extremely thin AVERAGE densities - at about 30 times the mass of the sun, but 10^9 times the volume of it, it's by a factor of nearly 10^8 thinner than the sun. That's nearly vacuum. At average. But since most of the mass is concentrated in the core anyways, the outer layers are really as thin as high quality vacuum that you would only get with specialized laboratory equipment on earth. Despite being sufficiently thick to be opaque at its size. Well, if you thoroughly let sink this in, there may even be other mechanisms at work that are not incorporated into the rough estimate formula for the radius of stars: If a star is NOT opaque as on the surface of our (in comparison highly concentrated) sun, it would be possible for radiation to be emitted at depths drastically deeper than on our sun. If, on our sun, the photosphere is about a few 100 km thick (estimates according to wikipedia range from 100-400 km), then the photosphere on a sun that is by a factor of 10^8 thinner than our sun, should be expected to be by a factor of 10 to the power of (8*2/3) thicker than that of our sun... ...Which leads to a state where the estimate formula for the radius of a star is possibly no longer valid, since the radiation is NOT emitted by a "nearly flat" surface, but rather by an extremely diffuse fluffy thingens, having a transparent radius of multiple size the radius of our sun. Or are there any obstacles that would prevent an extremely thin solar photosphere from being transparent? Nothing in the video, nothing in the wikipedia to that matter. Just asking for a friend... Thus, when reading about the size of stars, i would rather take those click baits with a grain ... or rather a whole clump ... of salt in mind :D
This is great and quite comprehensive! Thanks for sharing.
Am I the only one who falls asleep to these kind of videos?
Yes and no, they don't put me to sleep during the day but come night...
This is nightmare fuel.
@@techbrain8714 I just fall asleep knowing Im nothing but a dust and my problems don't matter
Another truly amazing episode. This channel dwarfs others with it's content. Both informative and extremely interesting. Amazing. Keep up the good work
You might say it's the Stephenson 2-18 of astronomy channels.
A MOST excellent science video. Truly educational. Thank You, SEA
you're voice is exceptionally pleasant to listen to; now I have to watch all the rest of the videos ;-)
Our human life is privileged to learn these and know our position in the cosmos. On the other side, I feel this is information overload. Unable to comprehend many things out from one single video. I like it. 👍🏼
Good God - I clicked on this expecting some KZhead BS video full of dramatic music, exaggeration and dubious claims at best. Instead I found a true gem. Thank you :)
I found your channel due to Gutsick Gibbon and I'm so glad that I did because it is so interesting and well produced!
Excellent video! Not sure why but your voice is very soothing and relaxing to me. I'm fighting the urge to take a nap even though this content is very engaging lol