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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-...
- Metallicity Impact on Stars: adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1998A%...
- 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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