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    The Right Scale of Things…. Huge Stars!! & Shoot Em Ups.

    Just look at that huge star “VY Canis Majoris”, the largest known to man!
    That thing is as large (if not larger), than our entire Solar System!
    These Stars would look very cool in other shoot em up stages….



    I wonder if the fire stage of Life Force / Salamander takes place near to any of these stars.






    And as for the binary star system "VV Cephei", it looks very similar to the fire-ice stage of Gaiares!




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    Re: The Right Scale of Things…. Huge Stars!! & Shoot Em Ups.

    Quote Originally Posted by retroborg View Post
    That thing is as large (if not larger), than our entire Solar System!
    Naw, only up to Saturn...
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    Re: The Right Scale of Things…. Huge Stars!! & Shoot Em Ups.

    They're not sure of the size of VY Canoris Majoris though - it might only be 600 times the size of the sun, as opposed to 2100 times using a specific measurement method - dust and gas could be making it appear much larger than it actually is..

    Even so, it's still massive
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