Largest star ever discovered, compared to our Sun

[DTS]

I know that still showing sizes of stuff in space has been posted several times before, but seeing this in video gives a somewhat better sense of scale, with the zooming out and the grid below.

[Eraser]

That's nothing, compared to seza's head.

[feedback]

lol he did have a big head

so did mr. moto

[SoM]

beetlejuice
beetlejuice
beetlejuice

[scared?]

Fuck u
Fuck u
Fuck u...

[seremtan]

big dog, big gravity well

[mrd]

Knew it had to be Canis Majoris. Fucking thing is disgustingly huge. We should lasso that sumbitch over here for some extra heat.

[feedback]

bigger than GKY?

[mrd]

Wouldn't know, never met the dude.

[SoM]

think of gabe newell x1 billion

[GONNAFISTYA]

Wait until you see my other testicle.

[losCHUNK]

Where's Candyman ?

[Whiskey 7]

Thanks DTS.

.... a star a billion time bigger that our Sun

[mrd]

Thanks DTS.

.... a star a billion time bigger that our Sun

Mostly a meaningless statement considering the size of the Sun is already outside the realm of human comprehension.

One way to think of it could be this:

A million seconds is about 11 days.
A billion seconds is almost 32 years.

So if the Sun was 1 second, Canis Majoris is 32 years.

*shrug*

Still doesn't mean much.

[losCHUNK]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Z0raWIHXk

[GONNAFISTYA]

lol

[mrd]

What a loon

[Whiskey 7]

Now I thought a billion was a different number, depending on where on this small planet you were from
Seems I was correct at some place in time.

How many is a billion?

In British English, a billion used to be equivalent to a million million (i.e. 1,000,000,000,000), while in American English it has always equated to a thousand million (i.e. 1,000,000,000). British English has now adopted the American figure, though, so that a billion equals a thousand million in both varieties of English.

The same sort of change has taken place with the meaning of trillion. In British English, a trillion used to mean a million million million (i.e. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000). Nowadays, it's generally held to be equivalent to a million million (1,000,000,000,000), as it is in American English.

Source

[LawL]

[mrd]

Now I thought a billion was a different number, depending on where on this small planet you were from
Seems I was correct at some place in time.

Never knew that... learn somethin' new every day.

[Don Carlos]

It's quite large, then.