Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Earth. How big/small is it?

Options
«1

Comments

  • Options
    #2
    Stargate
    Registered Users Posts: 2,680 ✭✭✭Stargate


    Antrim_Man

    Perfect way to illustrate how amazing Astronomy really is !!!!!!!!!!

    Enjoyed it

    Thank you ;-)


    Stargate


  • Options
    #3
    congo_90
    Registered Users Posts: 2,339 ✭✭✭congo_90


    Wholey sh1t
    *my jaw dropped there* the one of the sun v's biggest star known to man! :eek:


  • Options
    #4
    Cul a cnoic
    Registered Users Posts: 653 ✭✭✭Cul a cnoic


    excellent post ++++


  • Options
    #5
    lostexpectation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,082 ✭✭✭lostexpectation


    mars is quite teeny, wonder how long it take to fly around? (other variables aside)


  • Options
    #6
    c-note
    Registered Users Posts: 434 ✭✭c-note


    good presentation

    i'll have to admit my manhood by comparison isnt the titan i once thought!


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #7
    Sqaull20
    Registered Users Posts: 2,044 ✭✭✭Sqaull20


    Ten Thousand Trillion Stars in that Hubble Deep Field Pic and all of them could have planets orbiting them, thats just ****in scary :(


  • Options
    #8
    Ping Chow Chi
    Registered Users Posts: 3,779 ✭✭✭Ping Chow Chi


    love stuff like this, thankyou for posting!


  • Options
    #9
    Biro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,091 ✭✭✭Biro


    Make this a sticky!


  • Options
    #10
    Antrim_Man
    Registered Users Posts: 948 ✭✭✭Antrim_Man


    Is this a better fit?? Its not easy fitting everything that exists into a web page :D

    spaceb2.jpg


  • Options
    #11
    am i bovvered
    Registered Users Posts: 1,102 ✭✭✭am i bovvered


    Everyone knows the sun revolves around the earth, this thread should be moved to "conspiracy theory".


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #12
    Futurism
    Closed Accounts Posts: 553 ✭✭✭Futurism


    Remember seeing something like this on youtube. Really puts things into perspective.


  • Options
    #13
    Jimmy Mcnulty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭Jimmy Mcnulty


    Biro wrote: »
    Make this a sticky!

    +1


  • Options
    #14
    HouseHippo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭HouseHippo


    Jimmy Mcnulty wrote: »
    +1
    +1


  • Options
    #15
    HouseHippo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭HouseHippo


    HouseHippo wrote: »
    +1
    I'm heading over to the Christianity forum with this for all the creationists


  • Options
    #16
    kraggy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭kraggy


    Def make this a sticky please.

    One of the best posts I've seen on boards.

    How did you come across it?


  • Options
    #17
    johnnysmack
    Registered Users Posts: 2,108 ✭✭✭johnnysmack


    ive only one thing to say about this...f**king class!!!


  • Options
    #18
    A7X
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,084 ✭✭✭A7X


    I remember something along the lines of this being shown before, but it was disregarded as being a hoax. If only I could find it again to compare. Any one remember it?


  • Options
    #19
    SuprSi
    Registered Users Posts: 6,946 ✭✭✭SuprSi


    It really is mind boggling just how tiny we are. Seeing pictures like these makes me wish we knew more about the other stars and galaxies in space but unfortunately for us we may never know anything more about them.


  • Options
    #20
    Antrim_Man
    Registered Users Posts: 948 ✭✭✭Antrim_Man


    Worth a bump.


  • Options
    #21
    DigiGal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭DigiGal


    I wonder if they will do the same with hubble in another area of space.

    Or is hubble soon to be defunct


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #22
    rccaulfield
    Registered Users Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭rccaulfield


    Antrim_Man wrote: »
    Worth a bump.

    Certainly was -thanks!;)


  • Options
    #23
    MrStuffins
    Registered Users Posts: 19,188 ✭✭✭✭MrStuffins


    Wow, incredible

    My head hurts! :eek:


  • Options
    #24
    Ingenuist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 68 ✭✭Ingenuist


    What a post


  • Options
    #25
    Cmar-Ireland
    Registered Users Posts: 2,340 ✭✭✭Cmar-Ireland


    And some people still think we are the only life in the universe !!!


  • Options
    #26
    Rambo
    Registered Users Posts: 811 ✭✭✭Rambo


    You sure feel small, after looking at that image


  • Options
    #27
    krobo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭krobo


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfs1t-2rrOM


    VY Canis Majoris was recently in the news.


  • Options
    #28
    irishleedsfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 196 ✭✭irishleedsfan


    Wow thats all i can say. I need ice for my head now:D


  • Options
    #29
    jimbis
    Registered Users Posts: 1,355 ✭✭✭jimbis


    Ive showed this to everyone in my house who think im a bit nuts for having an intrest in astronomy.........

    ....................they now understand why!:D


  • Options
    #30
    DigiGal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭DigiGal


    krobo wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfs1t-2rrOM


    VY Canis Majoris was recently in the news.
    Hmm, that would ber pretty damn impressive if we could see it...a hypergiant supernova

    Could it be visible from earth


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #31
    krobo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭krobo


    well sadly here in Ireland, Canis Majoris rarely makes it over the southern horizon.

    But if it did go supernova.. at 4.5k light years, we would most certainly see it yes. For about 4/5 weeks it would be, by far, the brightest object in our night sky and even visible during daylight.


Advertisement