[vsnet-chat 309] Re: The star with the largest angular diameter

[Fraser Farrell <fraserf@dove.net.au>]

G'day all,

On 1997-05-13 tkato@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp said:
   >According to T. R. Bedding et al. MNRAS 286, 957 (1997), R Dor is
   >shown to have the largest angular diameter among all stars except
   >the Sun. Its angular diameter is 57 +/- 5 mas, even exceeding that
   >of Betelgeuse. With a magnification power of 1000, your telescope
   >might (or might not!?) show the star having a disc size of Jupiter.

..and to think for all these years I thought my binoculars wouldn't focus
red stars properly! ;)




cheers,
Fraser Farrell

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