Monday, February 4, 2013

Scale of Planets and Stars

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Smaller than Earth
Smaller than Jupiter
Smaller than Sun
Smaller than Arcturus
(on this scale Jupiter is approx. the size of 1 pixel and the Earth is invisible) 
Smaller than Antares
(on this scale our Sun is approx. the size of 1 pixel and all planets are invisible)
Antares is a red supergiant and the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius.
Betelgeuse is a red supergiant and the second-brightest star in the constellation of Orion (top hand).



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