There are things that freak me out and UY Scuti is one of them. It boggles my mind in such a way that it makes me want to curl up in a ball in a darkened room and consider just how insignificant we all are in this big old universe.
UY Scuti is a red super-giant star and currently the largest known by radius. Approximately 1700 times that of our sun. It has a volume 5 BILLION times that of our sun.
Seem big yet? If it was at the centre of our universe it would engulf the orbit of Jupiter. JUPITER!
Still struggling? Take a look at the pictures below and try imagine it. The universe is frigging amazing!
This shows UY Scuti compared to our Sun.
Follow the picture below, might give you a sense of just how big it is.
Picture above kindly created by By JoeyPknowsalotaboutthat – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63075349
Now go think about it…
We be the littles, don’t we?
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Yeah. Imagine a sun 1800 times wider…
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This post makes me feel really important. I mean unimportant.
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Now that’s a fun piece of knowledge. Always learning… thanks. 🙂
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The universe never ceases to amaze…
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Welcome to the universe
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We need to send the Enterprise on a mission there now!
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oh yeah…mind boggling stuff
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Wow! I suddenly feel very small!
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it’ll do that to.u. makes one feel rather insignificant
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Mrs Bryntin assures me that size isn’t everything.
And 1800 times bigger would be fairly unmanageable.
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Ha. She’s a kind and wise woman indeed
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Friggin’ AWESOME! In the true sense of the word.
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boggles my brain for sure . me n tom talk about uy uscuti often. Just trying to comprehend it…
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