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> > What are some of the largest stars and is there a Hubble or similar > > example? thanks, pennwalt
Sam Wormley:
> Can you be more specific with the term "largest"?
Biggest? Most bodacious? Hugest?, Grandest?, Most gigantic? Most humongous? Un-freakin' believably big? Ginormous? Brobdingnagian? Elephantine? Monstrous? Colossal? Titanic? Gargantuan? Whopping? Immense? It seemed obvious enough to me that he meant diameter, because that's what "largest" means when speaking of a sphere in every-day language.
Davoud
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Davoud wrote: > Pennwalt: >>> What are some of the largest stars and is there a Hubble or similar >>> example? thanks, pennwalt
> Sam Wormley: >> Can you be more specific with the term "largest"?
> Biggest? Most bodacious? Hugest?, Grandest?, Most gigantic? Most > humongous? Un-freakin' believably big? Ginormous? Brobdingnagian? > Elephantine? Monstrous? Colossal? Titanic? Gargantuan? Whopping? > Immense? It seemed obvious enough to me that he meant diameter, because > that's what "largest" means when speaking of a sphere in every-day > language.
Davoud wrote: > Pennwalt: >>> What are some of the largest stars and is there a Hubble or similar >>> example? thanks, pennwalt
> Sam Wormley: >> Can you be more specific with the term "largest"?
> Biggest? Most bodacious? Hugest?, Grandest?, Most gigantic? > Immense? It seemed obvious enough to me that he meant diameter, because > that's what "largest" means when speaking of a sphere in every-day > language.
He could also mean largest mass, or apparent angular diameter viewed from Earth. Betelgeuse is cute since there is a Hubble picture of it.
There are very few stars resolvable to a disk from the Earth.
Astronomers tend to think of stars classified by mass since that is what determines their evolutionary path and at different phases they vary in diameter by a considerable range.
> >>> What are some of the largest stars and is there a Hubble or similar > >>> example? thanks, pennwalt
Sam Wormley:
> >> Can you be more specific with the term "largest"?
Davoud:
> > Biggest? Most bodacious? Hugest?, Grandest?, Most gigantic?
> > Immense? It seemed obvious enough to me that he meant diameter, because > > that's what "largest" means when speaking of a sphere in every-day > > language.
Martin Brown:
> He could also mean largest mass, or apparent angular diameter viewed > from Earth. Betelgeuse is cute since there is a Hubble picture of it.
> There are very few stars resolvable to a disk from the Earth.
> Astronomers tend to think of stars classified by mass since that is what > determines their evolutionary path and at different phases they vary in > diameter by a considerable range.
The guy said "largest" and he meant "largest." See above for definition of "largest." He did not mention mass or "evolutionary path." Some people are so mired in pedantry and the hypothetical and fear of other pedants that they can't deal with plain English!
Davoud
-- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life.
> The guy said "largest" and he meant "largest." See above for definition > of "largest." He did not mention mass or "evolutionary path." Some > people are so mired in pedantry and the hypothetical and fear of other > pedants that they can't deal with plain English!
Yet some people are very imprecise in what they ask.. often resulting in several iteration before the right question is asked and answered. This is often the case and the process should be tolerated.
> > The guy said "largest" and he meant "largest." See above for definition > > of "largest." He did not mention mass or "evolutionary path." Some > > people are so mired in pedantry and the hypothetical and fear of other > > pedants that they can't deal with plain English!
Sam Wormley:
> Yet some people are very imprecise in what they ask.. often resulting > in several iteration before the right question is asked and answered. > This is often the case and the process should be tolerated.
The very definition of pedantry. Just give an imprecise answer -- "Google it."
Davoud
-- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life.
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