What if Rigel was our sun?

This is simulation based on Universe Sandbox. I used the temperatures to base where our planets would be. I also used studio lighting to show the detail of the planets so the lighting will not be realistic.

[amo_res]

today, i saw a bright blue star at night. i instantly downloaded star tracker, and i was suprised i was looking at Rigel with my own 2 eyes...i can see it twinkling blue ang white light, it's beautifyl..wow. i cant imagine how small we are

[exesy]

I’m in love with this video, I don’t know why but Rigel is my favourite star.. I’ve been reading a lot of informations about astronomy and the only thing I can say is that we are nothing, nothing compared to the whole universe. Lovely and scary

[rigel]

Rigel is one of my favorite stars out there.

[imwyrmfood]

a 1, 300 year orbit for wow. Would we even be able to measure, or wrap our heads around something like that? The reason we can comprehend our earth's orbit is because it happens so quickly. But trying to calculate something that would take around 20 generations of people to measure properly.... We might never actually ever be able to understand that if we were there. Wild.

[mr.kindofweird]

How is this channel not famous this is incredible

[jayb]

Here's an interesting fact about Rigel. If it were as close as Alpha Centuri 4.3 light years it would still b as bright as a full moon in our sky at night despite appearing as a star like object in size.

[maikerukuku]

Rigel rivals Deneb among the most luminous stars in the universe known to us. Rigel and Betelgeuse are easy to locate in the night sky as the Orion constellation is conspicuous around the world.

Rigel, Betelgeuse, Sirius and Deneb are my favorite stars other than our sun as I've first learned their names when I was in grade six. And of course I learned Antares, Arcturus, Capella, Aldebaran, Polaris, Spica, Castor and Pollux, Proxima Centauri and Vega that time too. I learned Canopus, Procyon and Fomalhaut just recently, maybe less than a year ago, haha. Too many stars I've mentioned, but I was able to observe only Rigel and Betelgeuse years before back in the province, where skies are clearer than in the city. I'm always fascinated with the night sky.

[kazuya.]

Not even 2 seconds in the video and my eyes are squinting from how bright the star is..

[carlahead]

How is it possible for Earth to be able to maintain water on its surface at that distance from Rigel and, without a magnetosphere or ozone layer, how would life at all be possible? How long would it take for what life is left on Earth to perish due to the extreme radiation which Rigel would emit? Is it highly possible that the Earth would freeze from that distance away from Rigel? Oh and because of that extreme distance from this star Rigel would the climate vary? Oh and one last question: would Earth and the other solar system planets tidally locked?

[mewtoo]

Rigell is a blue supergiant. I pretty much think due to how massive a blue supergiant is, it would obliterate our atmosphere

[noresultsfound]

I've seen Rigel many times at night!

[CabalisOrder]

8:40 "Now for a little fun..."


WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE,

[safeysmith]

I think it’s brightness would be overwhelming and blinding, and no sunglasses would help. Even from that distance.
I also agree that the moon would be extremely bright and would keep the night time, bright as day. I also think that looking at the moon would be similar to looking at our sun.

[lalarosete]

Pls answer dis






What will happen if you look directly to the rigel if that is our sun?

[siyuyangzhang]

In the case calculate how many years those planets need to orbit the star Rigel at given distance, not only need to think about the distance, but also need to consider the mass of the star Rigel.

[siyuyangzhang]

What are the temperatures of the planets should be in the case replaced our sun by Rigel but keep the distance the same? Probably thousands of degree K?

[melalezeh]

Angelica Courtney
Can you do this:
What if our solar system has a binary star system with a red dwarf and a Whit main sequence star

[seansimms]

Im glad he stated right off the bat...Rigel is the brightest star in Orion, despite Betelguese carrying the Alpha label.

[space-eye]

Litterally every sun can be our sun, as long as there is a far enough distance at the point where Rigel would look just like a blue version of our sun that we normally see here on earth's perspective, then nothing is wrong.

[oneUmmah]

There are uncountable stars and rigel is the one I truly love