Re: A colossal star with a mass around 265 times that of our Sun.

On Jul 21, 11:39�pm, Sir Gilligan Horry <G...@ga7rm5er.com> wrote:

"A colossal star with a mass around 265 times that of our Sun has been
detected some 22,000 light years away. Known as R136a1."

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/monster-star

Nice photo archives here too...

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

"Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive".

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For all we know, it's simply another unusually large neutron star
that's going to last next to forever, with a surface gravity of
perhaps <1e15 m/sec, and therefore what we can see of it is actually
the photon event horizon that's a good 1024r to start with.

Next stop for that stellar evolution is for it to collect mass and
turn into a black hole and subsequently deliver serious gamma.  Good
thing it's not headed our way, or pointing either pole towards us when
it morphs into a black hole.

At 1e6r, the massive neutron star of perhaps 100 km radii that's
offering 1e15 m/sec at its surface is still pulling at 1e3 m/sec.  In
other words, at 1e9r(1e14 m) is still 1e-3 m/sec that might suggest
not getting yourself within 0.1 ly of this thing.

 ~ BG