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Offline Setekh

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Reply #40 on: July 29, 2004, 07:25:53 am
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Just to give you a sense of scale that entire flare is much bigger than the Earth. :D


Ah, cheers. Man, that sort of stuff though - seriously, it never ceases to amaze me. :nod:
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Reply #41 on: July 29, 2004, 03:11:45 pm
Mmmm... A-Wings.... Tho the B-Wing was cool too. But always been quite partial to the E-Wing myself.
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Reply #42 on: July 29, 2004, 04:53:11 pm
I'm quite happy in my TIE Defender, thank you.
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Reply #43 on: July 29, 2004, 05:58:03 pm
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It's S-Foils IIRC.:)

Besides, I'll just ready my A-Wing and fly ahead of you X-Wing jockeys to keep the TIEs busy. :)


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Reply #44 on: July 29, 2004, 06:45:19 pm
That's okay.

Though don't ask if it's 'strike foils' or 'stabiliser foils.' :D
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Reply #45 on: July 30, 2004, 03:09:40 am
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Ah, cheers. Man, that sort of stuff though - seriously, it never ceases to amaze me. :nod:


I know. It's always nice to see pictures of Jupiter and then realise that Earth could fit in the red spot or see pics of the sun compared to the Earth.

Human brains aren't equipped to actually understand how big those things are on a real level. You can know it in your head all you like but I'll bet even astronomer have occasional "That star is REALLY big" moments. :D
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Reply #46 on: July 30, 2004, 03:27:54 am
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You can know it in your head all you like but I'll bet even astronomer have occasional "That star is REALLY big" moments. :D


Talking about REALLY BIG...check out the size comparisons on the lower left:



Betelgeuse is one the biggest stars known.
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Reply #47 on: July 30, 2004, 03:35:43 am
That's the sort of thing I'm on about. You may know that as a fact but it's hard to physically comprehend how big that actually is.

If you were actually seeing Betelgeuse close up then you might actually get it :)

It's sort of a reflection of the way that you only realise how big the Grand Canyon or things like that are when you're actually there. Even TV doesn't actually give you the sense of scale.


But yeah. Betelguese is big. Although the sun will swell up to the size of Earths orbit in a few billion years itself.
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Reply #48 on: July 30, 2004, 03:39:36 am
Imagine Betelgeuse in our solar system. You had to be on one of saturn's moons to be actually outside of the star......and it would fill an awful lot of the sky....damn I'd love to see that.
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Reply #49 on: July 30, 2004, 07:30:32 am
Theres another star in Orion, called Rigel, which, whilst not as big as Betelgeuse, because it's a mainstream star, not a Red Giant, has so much mass it stands a small chance of going supernova. Now THAT's something I'd like to see, though not from too close ;)
 

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Reply #50 on: July 30, 2004, 07:43:08 am
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Screw X-Wings!!!! Scramble every Helios-loaded Boa and Cyclops-loaded Ares you can find!!!!


Since when can the Ares carry Cyclops?  Though I'll take it anyway.  Kaysor/Maxim, 36 Harpoons and 80 Tornadoes.  That exhaust port is going DOWN.
 

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Reply #51 on: July 30, 2004, 07:46:11 am
:nervous: The only fighter that carries bombs that I'm aware of is the Myrmidon. Carries Helios warheads. :)

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Reply #52 on: July 30, 2004, 08:02:48 am
yah but if you modify the tables i bet.... :D

btw my location is a description of a place in star wars
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