Results 1 to 4 of 4

Thread: Eta Carinae

  1. 09-05-2005, 07:48 AM #1
    Kärnfysikern's Avatar
    Kärnfysikern
    Kärnfysikern is offline Retired: AR-Hall of Famer
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Scotty, beam me up
    Posts
    6,359

    Eta Carinae

    This is a muther****ing cool star. 150 times as massive as the sun and one of the biggest stars we have ever found. 4 million times as luminous as the sun. its around 10 000 lightyears away and hugely instable.

    Within 100 000 years it will have blown up and I sure as hell hope it will happen within our lifetime. Will be one hell of a show, even visible in daylight.

    Wont hurt anyone thought. Might knock out alot of satelites



    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 09-05-2005, 07:52 AM #2
    Kärnfysikern's Avatar
    Kärnfysikern
    Kärnfysikern is offline Retired: AR-Hall of Famer
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Scotty, beam me up
    Posts
    6,359
    also this ****er going supernova will be a very rare event since super massive stars like that are extremely rare. It would easily outshine our entire galaxy.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Eta Carinae-eta-carine.jpg  
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 09-05-2005, 08:30 AM #3
    Kärnfysikern's Avatar
    Kärnfysikern
    Kärnfysikern is offline Retired: AR-Hall of Famer
    Join Date
    Dec 2001
    Location
    Scotty, beam me up
    Posts
    6,359
    to give a better perspective. In the 19th century this star had a gigant eruption and during that eruption it blew off more energy than the sun produces in 200 million years.

    The result is the nebula sourouding the star. The matter in the nebula is enough to make a star the size of our sun.

    Enough boring facts now
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 09-05-2005, 08:33 AM #4
    almostgone's Avatar
    almostgone
    almostgone is online now AR-Platinum Elite- Hall of Famer
    Join Date
    Jun 2004
    Location
    the lower carolina
    Posts
    26,412
    ...That's a HUGE b!tch......
    There are 3 loves in my life: my wife, my English mastiffs, and my weightlifting....Man, my wife gets really pissed when I get the 3 confused...
    A minimum of 100 posts and 45 days membership required for source checks. Source checks are performed at my discretion.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules