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Image: 1e10m comparison Rigel, Aldebaran, and smaller - antialiased no transparency

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Description: Comparison of size of Rigel (blue star top left) and Aldebaran (red star top right) with the smaller objects (lower middle) from Image:1e9m comparison Gamma Orionis, Algol B, the Sun, and smaller - antialiased transparency.png, to scale. The faint yellow sphere centred on the Sun has a radius of one light-minute. The large yellow ellipse represents Mercury's orbit. No transparency version.
Title: 1e10m comparison Rigel, Aldebaran, and smaller - antialiased no transparency
Credit: derived from Paul Stansifer's POV-Ray source files (see below), by me, 84user, using w:en:POV-Ray, and w:en:IrfanView. 84user's contribution (inside POV-Ray files: adapting Paul's star macros for Rigel and Aldebaran, adjusting coordinates, changing light source and other parameters) is public domain and source files used are described at User:84user/Size comparison. Physical information is based on the Wikipedia articles about the respective bodies, and most star colours taken from http://www.vendian.org/mncharity/dir3/starcolor/. Paul Stansifer's contributions to this image (mainly star surfaces) are available under the GPL, v. 2, and other licenses. See User:Paul Stansifer/Size comparison for more details and the other licenses.
Author: Paul Stansifer, and User:84user (see "source")
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
License Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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