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Created using Photoshop CS5. I wanted to create a space scene with a Blue Giant. I wanted to keep the scene simple so that most of the focus is on the massive star. The planet texture used on the small earth like planet is my own, which I created by merging numerous rock textures.

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~RhinestoneJellyfish 8 hours ago  Hobbyist General Artist
I adore the colours on this! :D
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~Theresakillerhere77 Mar 1, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
This is AMAZING! The detail on this is excellent and the very picture itself is astonishing! Great work!
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*Equinox81 Mar 2, 2013   Digital Artist
Thank you very much! :D
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~Theresakillerhere77 Mar 2, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
You're welcome :)
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~XSereneiX Feb 15, 2013  Student General Artist
I love sci-fi concepts :D
I wonder what type of planets would exists around them.
Perhaps a rocky planet like ours if orbited close enough to be vaporized, because all the rock on it's surface would be turned into a gas and perhaps obtain temperatures beyond the temperature of even our Sun.
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*Equinox81 Feb 16, 2013   Digital Artist
Yeah when considering facts about blue stars this one is definitely sci-fi! :D. You make tan interesting point! Perhaps it would be vaporised as blue giant stars are the hottest stars in the universe. When I originally made this piece I considered depicting the small planet being destructed as I was aware of how powerful these mighty blue giants are. However, I chose not to as I like how the overall piece looks with the small planet as it is. I intend to make a destruction one in the future though! Thanks for your comment! :)
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~XSereneiX Feb 16, 2013  Student General Artist
I wonder if our Earth were to exist within 1 AU from a blue hyper giant, say one 500,000-5,000,000 the luminosity of the Sun, and the surface temperature exceeds 10 or even 25 thousand degrees F would the gravity of the Earth be able to hold itself together.
We have discovered planets which are over 6,000 degrees F, hotter than some Red Dwarf stars though O.o.
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*Equinox81 Feb 17, 2013   Digital Artist
I read about a rocky planet, 4.4 lights away, that has surface temperatures of about 1,200 degrees. Six thousand degrees! Incredible! That's as hot as the surface temperature of our sun! :jawdrop:. If our earth were 1 AU from a blue hyper giant, I wonder if it could even exist that close. In terms of habitability, it would need to be 100s of AU away, but I wonder if it would even get to be habitable as these supergiants don't live for long compared to other types of stars. :)
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~XSereneiX Feb 17, 2013  Student General Artist
I actually did a calculation and to be habitable an earth like planet would need to be about 3,000 A.U. O.o and that is or a planet orbiting a O type star 4,000,000x suns luminosity.

There was a fun calculator somewhere on the internet to calculate stuff like that. Can't find it anymore, but I remembered the numbers.

There are however multiple stars with dust swirling and blowing away from them within one solar system which collectively have luminosity of 40,000,000x of ours.

Damn.
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*Equinox81 Feb 18, 2013   Digital Artist
Damn, that is luminous! :D Regarding AU and habitable zones for an earth-like planet, the figure you mentioned seems about right for a blue star of that luminosity. Most of the stuff I've seen online about habitable zones and O-type stars have used step-by-step calculations resulting in an AU in the hundreds. However, I wouldn't call them reliable sources as I seen them on forums rather than credible journal articles. I'll have a look for that calculator you mentioned.
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