The Largest Known Star in the Universe

[HuskerSeaofRed]

Really hard to follow with everything moving around in odd directions. Why not just display the stars horizontally next to each other in scale?

[kamen687]

what about VY Canis majoris

[STARD00R]

We should start building a dyson sphere 'round that star.

Should be easy enough.

[therock7915]

what about Betelgeuse

[Xxassass1n021xX]

Wow

[BlueRaptorTiger]

Wow. Have you ever watched this video... and listened to Given Up - Linkin Park? Dude, try as many song combinations as possible, it's amazing.

Watch a star comparison video and song.

[skylerstrike]

ha ha ha ha ha funny

[carletouk]

This doesn't really give you a vision of the scale of these things

[PinkDBZ]

my left nut is bigger than that shit

[YouPickedTheWrongGuy]

Everyone knows Charlie Sheen is the biggest star

[40thCenturyTrolls]

the largest star in this video has probably long dead as even light takes time to reach earth and is now probably forming a blackhole as blackholes require the size of 30 times our sun.

[pretty6060]

w...w....w....what about Betelgeuse???

[SoullessDCLXVI]

@pretty6060 You have to say it three times. Obviously you forgot to do that at the start of the video.

[pretty6060]

@SoullessDCLXVI what?

[guyNbluejeans]

Judas priest! THAT thing is TERRIFYING!

At least God isn't afraid of it in case it decides to try and do something funny.

No doubt when evil people die they have their souls cast onto the blistering surface of that most satanic thing!

[mikeflash2160]

*reads description* i thought it was bigger than our solar system :/

[OMGitsWard]

Imagine, if there's a HUGE sun-like planet / star, that lightens the whole universe.

Imagine, if our universe, which we still dont know of if it ever ends, is just one of many universes?

its scary to realise, we will never in our lifes, never in your children nor grandchildren's life, discover how large the universe is, and if its the only universe or not.

[repulic5]

@OMGitsWard =( screw this shit i wanna live in star wars!!!!!

then i could visit tons of planets!!!!

[phillysfinest94]

@OMGitsWard theres billions of universes that they know of

[ghostangel13]

about the size of THESE NUTS! lol.

[mercanaries3]

hey they can take our sun....i want the biggest one because it's not bright enough during night time

[SuburbAllied]

Where's the Death Star, the most famous stars ever????

[darkprince481]

@SuburbAllied Destroyed by Luke Skywalker

[MyPitMind]

i feel small :S now i have megalofobia

[kierapop1]

weres satern jupiter came after neptune what the hell o_O

[panagiotara1]

Where's Saturn???

[GooberSuess]

wow!

[cheebbs1]

love these types of vids and how it really screws your thoughts on perspective and significance

[DoubleAssClown]

I've seen bigger.

[matrixmairo]

Sun, I am dissapoint.

[ssbbgamer100]

I can see my house from up there.

[EpicMiniMeatwad]

fact Fixed: If VY Canis Majoris Was Our Sun It Would Of Had No Planets

see moron _-_

[Mapeopt]

Vy canis majoris

[orionpax409]

so i guess this video is based on solar radius and not mass

[zombieslayer701]

did anyone notice the annotation at the near end if you put on 3-D glasses its 3d

[TokiKatChannel]

compare the smallest atom to VY canis majoris :D

[eooe1]

hooooly shit!! O_O

[MrOttoman03]

You forgot my wife's ass in the end

[bryan4490]

@MrOttoman03 ooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[TJBSports1]

VY Canis Majoris > Black Hole :)

(I wish D:)

[katie89065]

hey you forgot some stars after Antares

[KajanLakhan]

anyone of those star could have blown up.... the supernova could be on its way... stay tuned for 2012!

[babyrobyroby]

and i thought i was able to pick a big booger.

[PapaKlynda]

We're all bacteria.

[makemebad451000]

you dident put the uranus in there. incorrect video try again

[Ninelifs]

dat dit allemaal in mn zit , tis wat om te geloven , ik voerl het wel , beetje opgeblazen , als een milkyway , die teveel , eet , lekker dooreten word je groot , schat in schatje op aarde

[telekonable]

Damn, you would think that if that BIGGEST sucker exploded, nothing would stay alive in this galaxy !

[CLASHofTHElonders]

my nuts aren't at the end....this video is a fake

[WHATKIDS123456]

still not bigger than my dik!

[vZDomination]

anyone else thing watching VY Canis Majoris getting sucked up by a black hole would be interesting?

[NextianGeometry]

Having seen a few of these, I think this one has particularly good production, but rushes though the line of planets and stars too quickly, making it harder that most to maintain a sense of how much bigger each body is to the earlier ones. Still, the effects and depiction of each planet is and star is very good.

[dec041]

fuck! huge!

[AICKaelyn]

Where's Mu Cephai (however you spell that) and Pistol star?

[lopytube]

some of those stars were so damn big they were scared to roll them up on the screen

[JulienVIDS]

Wow the other stars are very big!

[gabrielgx2]

this is awesome

[MAHA673TFM]

fuck this is too much for my head

damn outerspace you scary

[sonicology]

Very nice, but you forgot to include Nibiru; as a brown dwarf it should be somewhere between Jupiter and the Sun in size.

Perhaps you could edit the vid to include it?

[kylelillie]

@sonicology If Nibiru was real, its velocity would be so high it would be enough to escape the gravitational pull of the galaxy.

[douchecock427]

@kylelillie it is real jackass

[Derail07]

@sonicology A star that puts off no light? STFU idiot

[UT25N]

@sonicology Even If Nibiru was that big and headed towards earth, you didnt say that but still, I should be able to see it by now.

[MyPitMind]

@sonicology it has the size of uranus and astrologist cant figure if this planet is from our solar system or it is a planet that has a weird belt if they are correct then nibiru the HuperPluto in other names or Vulcar or Planet X will bring destruction to our solar system :/

[kulturedyobbo]

@sonicology Because Nibiru only exists on the Internet

[johansabent]

@sonicology Are you kidding or is just stupid? 

[sonicology]

@johansabent I was trolling for lulz, judging by the angry replies I'd say it worked.

[johansabent]

@sonicology HAHAHA Yes it worked =P

[cashcleaner]

@sonicology

He didn't include it because it doesn't exist.

[jorgepeterbarton]

@sonicology forgot to include the planet klingon too. its three galaxies across and is made of shoes.

[AgrivatedKillah]

@sonicology Omg, NIBIRU isn't real. Get off the fucking internet.

[1BassJohn]

@sonicology You have seriously got to be kidding right? lol I thought this was a joke, fictional entities cant be included into these videos, which are factual.

[crisdanelise123]

Where's Aldebaran???

[kylelillie]

@crisdanelise123 destroyed...by the Empire.

[haon7272w]

@kylelillie lol

[douchecock427]

@kylelillie hhahaha

[Orlando2914]

I wonder how many planets these huge things hold. And how many have then in the goldy lock zone

[spectraltds]

Hey guys, remember, this is OUR universe...so there might be bigger stars in other universe a lot bigger then VY canis majoris

[Lisianassa]

@spectraltds As far as I know, scientists came to a conclusion that if the star had the biggest weight than VY Canis Majoris, it would dump the top layers.

[fri63tzi]

@spectraltds FYI Our Universe is the only known Universe!. Are you possibly confusing our "Milky Way Galaxy" as being a Universe? The Milky Way Galaxy is one of several billion other Galaxys that comprise the Universe.

[guyNbluejeans]

How anyone can put sweet music to something as terrifying as this I'll never know. When evil people die Jesus casts their souls on that big, fat star at the end and they stay there screaming forever trying to get off it!

[MrGunnnah]

Forget supernova, VY is so massive that when it dies, it will die in a hypernova, releasing for energy than 100 supernovae. An explosion so violent it even crushes the neutrons together. Nothing can stop it, thus creating a black hole.

[redwine12roses]

no nothing we searth will ever tell us we cant even scan 1% of the universe

[rickcain2320]

It's almost as big as Tom Cruise's ego!

[smw381st]

Holy crap our sun has a diameter of 1.4 million km and the largest star shown here is 2000 (2 thousand) times as large at 2.8 billion km.

[iNullify11]

VY Canoris Major is Chuck Norris's foot rest! :D

[lpspgameplay]

can any1 help me out here.. i dont understand numbers.

so would the last star be two thousand and eight hundren million ?? or two billion thousands?

[astrofrk]

VY Canis Majoris:

Multiple Star. Apparent Magnitude: 8.06 located in Canis Major.

Right Angle: 7hrs 22.972minutes

Declination: -25*, 47.422'

1,864 Light Years distance.

Can be seen with most binoculars, if you know where to look. It is the largest star but by no means the brightest from Earths sky.

[MonkeyEvil123]

Holy Thats so big Even flash couldnt get around in 800 years

[sk8erdude0412]

holy shit over 2,000,000,000 freaking kilometers!!!

[jamesmcsparron]

boot wool eat bleynd

[jamesmcsparron]

butt wull it blend?

[marioescalante68]

WOW.....so then technecally we are nothing and atoms are nothing by the power of 1,000,000

[alexadrebirre]

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[Direct73rus]

Что больше - VY Canis Majoris или R136a1 ? xS

[wengneuda13]

The larger star = THE FARTHER

[truckin66]

man.... i seen bigger butts dan dis,waitin in the welfare line...shit...big me arse...

[Glibzer]

Yo mamas bigger

[jamesmcsparron]

But will it Blend ?

[HigherEnergy011]

S Doradus,Pistol-star?

[LoLimrandom123]

OMFG....AND I THOUGHT MY SISTERS BOYFRIEND WAS BIG (not fat but tall)

[lukacho5]

i think it's safe to say that sun compared to VY cannis majoris is about the same as an orange compared to sun... someone do the math please

[Agendasuicid]

@lukacho5 I did the math and it is not as impressive as you would think. VY Cannis Majoris is 2000 times larger in diameter than the sun. So its like something with a diameter of 700km compared to the sun. 

[DieserBenuterIstCool]

My perspective has been wholly crushed after watching this.

[adame5176]

wheres Uranus and Saturn? '-.-

[zoszos5]

image that going supernova

[HennyWhore]

@zoszos5 that would be what is called a 'hypernova'

[yomamasapeach]

I feel small now

[AndyHarglesis]

@yomamasapeach I'm bigger than the largest star.

[yomamasapeach]

@AndyHarglesis good for you man

[AndyHarglesis]

@yomamasapeach It's the truth.

[yomamasapeach]

@AndyHarglesis good for you!!!!!

[wengneuda13]

if ur bigger than the largest star which planet do you live for giabts? earth? EARHT IS FOR ORDINARY HUMAN NOT FOR GIANTS

[GreysonsBiggestFan]

Thats a good video but you gave a lot of false imformation and put stars in worng order

[5050zulu1]

if you think thats big you should see my knob

[wengneuda13]

where's polaris?

[NANOFORGE]

@masterguitar95 Comparing Sol to Caniso Monjaris is like comparing a dust speck to a basketball. We are tiny indeed, the universe is so fucking big we cannot even being to comprehend it. It would take a Airliner traveling at an average speed of 550 mph, over 1,115 years to orbit Monjaris once.

[1964417]

I can't believe the size of that humongous star!

[traveldude1000]

I think you should not rotate the 3-D image as it plays. By rotating it, it simulates depth and takes away from fantastic size difference between the objects. I think a simple side scan would be more impressive. Great video though!

[siddysaiddy]

1 man thought that he(she) is bigger than VY Canis Majoris...))

[rAdziu993]

@siddysaiddy That was me.My name is Sloan Great Wall )

[heydude85]

:S after research i must admit i was wrong. VY canis majoris is the largest. R136a1 is the most massive.

[Potatoe48]

ou should give me a bj hahahahahahahaha

[halomaster22323]

Are you trying to blind us? Btw cool vid ;)

[lMitan]

Did a rocket or person / robot ever seen these stars in the universe?

[steveecker]

Hey! Interesting, I loved it. Is there any way I could bribe you into mailing me a copy of the .blend file?

[kylelillie]

@steveecker theres not much to it...just a bunch of spheres in a row.

[me4ever47]

u forgot Betelgeuse

[heydude85]

cool, but that is not the biggest know star any more.

[kylelillie]

@heydude85 massive != largest

[heydude85]

@kylelillie true, but the largest discovered yet is also the most massive, as reported. it is in the large magellanic cloud :)

[SrLipeSantana]

@kylelillie Massive didn't mean largest, mean heavy, ( Black Holes are the heaviest(massive) but isn't biggest ( except Supermassive Black Holes)

[cshross]

@heydude85 , what is it then?

[kylelillie]

@cshross VY Canoris Major is the largest star by volume.

[Pantopam]

@kylelillie I didn't know that stars make sounds. Hahaha

[justinadil1]

@kylelillie No offence but if you look at the video i made our solar system is invisible compared to vy canis majoris you cant even see 54 suns it invisible! Vy canis majoris would stretch alot longer then to saturn like all the way through the sun too dwarf planet ceres 500000 times

[zzzIdividedbyzerozzz]

@justinadil1 No, the radius of VY Canis Majoris is estimated between 8.5 and 9.8 au. The distance of saturn from the sun is about 9.5 au. The solar system itself doesn't have a definite boundary, but some objects exceed 60+ au.

[justinadil1]

@zzzIdividedbyzerozzz Um its not 8.5 au its morel ike 19

[zzzIdividedbyzerozzz]

@justinadil1 19 au is its diameter not radius.

[BNM98514]

@kylelillie we don't know which is the largest star in the universe

[lotherjasem]

@kylelillie what is the name of the music

[kylelillie]

@lotherjasem The Old Castle from Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky

[lotherjasem]

@kylelillie thank u :))

[heydude85]

@cshross its name is R136a1. it is in the tarantula nebula, in the large magellanic cloud. according to the report, it smashes previous records, including VY Canis Major (or someting like that i dont know latin :P) and W Cephei, and, by the current physics theories, and laws, shouldn't even exist. :)

[istvanklein]

@heydude85 what's the biggest one then?

[TheGianlucaman]

@heydude85 what is

[justinadil1]

@heydude85 If it isnt then what is? liar

[Megahammerheadshark]

@heydude85 No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[n1rv4n4r0cks]

@ rklcardinal Nice point =D

[nextbid]

@Kylelillie. Yes Kyle, it's all good now thanks. Excellent material.

[nextbid]

Well i did get to see your video, (in pieces) now i find that every channel i make a comment on it appears on my channel. I guess i've done something wrong. I'm even having trouble deleting videos. for instance, i had your video on about 4 times now. And now i'll have it back again. My problem though. Bye.

[nextbid]

Thanks, i'll try again, however this doesn't happen often. looking forward to the full deal.

[nextbid]

Sorry, I really wanted to watch this, however, it just kept stopping every 3-4 seconds. what was i doing wrong?

[kylelillie]

@nextbid you had a bad internet connection.

[n1rv4n4r0cks]

Red hypergiants with 40-45 solar masses are the largest ever...

Even the first stars didn't had that size, especially not the first stars cause they were so freakin' massive, with masses up to 1000's of solar masses.

They were so massive they wouldn't be able to become red hypergiants...

Because if those stars where just born, seriously they loose mass immediatly after that, and practically stayed their remaining life span as ''blue hypergiants''

Omg, blablabla, I will STFU now lol XD

[n1rv4n4r0cks]

Something funny, we're not able to look into the Sun properly without screwing our eyes, but if we would look into VY Canis Majoris on a close distance we actually would properly be able too look into it =D

Since our eyes are sensitive for ultra-violet light, and all blue, white and yellow stars shines a lot of ultra violet, especially the blue ones...

However, VY Canis Majoris shines nearly almost in infra-red light and we're not able to see that.

Peace ^^

[rklcardinal]

@n1rv4n4r0cks If it puts out a lot of infrared light, you could get infrared cataracts.

So, watch out the next time you get too close to hyper giants, they get so rowdy.

[n1rv4n4r0cks]

VY Canis Majors however is a red hypergiant star with a surface temperature of about 3.000°K. Our Sun's surface temperature how is about 5.500°K

All blue stars except main sequence stars (dwarf stars, like our own Sun, spectral type G2 V) are infact smaller then the red ones. That explains in some video's that blue giants, supergiants and hypergiant are smaller then their red counterparts.

[n1rv4n4r0cks]

R136a1 is a blue hypergiant star, a luminous blue variable (LBV) and a freakin' unusual large Wolf-Rayet star since most Wolf-Rayet stars are between

0.1 and 10 solar radii (10 times smaller up to 10 times larger then the Sun)

R136a1 has a stellar mass loss of about 50 times that of the Sun every 1.000.000 years. Lol with such a mass I doubt that, and I personally think it's actually happening about every little few 100.000 years.

A surface temperature of between 50.000 and 60.000°K

[n1rv4n4r0cks]

Oh noes! R136a1 is still not the biggest star...

It's radius is between 35-40 times larger then the Sun.

Although a mass of around 265 times that of the Sun.

It's visual luminosity is about 8.700.000 times brighter then the Sun.

VY Canis Majoris has a size (radius) of around 2.000 times that of the Sun.

With a solar mass of around 40-45 times that of the Sun.

And a visual luminosity of about 450.000 times that of the Sun.

So you don't need to ''redo'' it XD

Nice vid btw =D

[Nihalatak]

This deserves a favorite. This was good work :) Aww love the star background whit the music aswell:) Dreamy^^

[lmc6506]

5/5 Awesome!

[lmc6506]

@ReidakDrifter and @kylelillie

R136a1 is hundred times smaller than VY Canis Majoris.

R136a1 is the most MASSIVE star and most BRIGHTEST known star.

[arronpatt]

@kylelillie

actually VY is the largest known star.. R136a1 is the most Massive star.. theres a difference.

[ReidakkDrifter]

@kylelillie Oh no! I received the wrong information! >_< R136a1 is the most massive not the largest! *facepalm*

[ReidakkDrifter]

VY Canis Majoris isn't anymore the largest known star '-' R136a1 is now the largest known star =D

[uhlord]

@ReidakkDrifter Is R136a1 the largest star? or the most massive one?

[ReidakkDrifter]

@uhlord Most massive known

[uhlord]

@ReidakkDrifter then I think VY Canis Majoris is still the largest known star though not the most massive one

[ReidakkDrifter]

@uhlord Duuh, that's what i said

[kniteELF]

OMG

[revrunnertech2772]

look at 1:17 it looks as if antares swallowed up all the stars...

[000amon000]

2.800.000.000 O___O

[Skaarj11]

makes me feel tiny