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  2. List of largest stars - Wikipedia

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    The Sun, the orbit of Earth, Jupiter, and Neptune, compared to four stars (Pistol Star, Rho Cassiopeiae, Betelgeuse, and VY Canis Majoris) Overview Although red supergiants are often considered the largest stars, some other star types have been found to temporarily increase significantly in radius, such as during LBV eruptions or luminous red ...

  3. Betelgeuse - Wikipedia

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    Simple English; Slovenčina ... With an age of less than 10 million years, Betelgeuse has ... It was partial because the angular diameter of the star was larger than ...

  4. Rigel - Wikipedia

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    Rigel is generally the seventh-brightest star in the night sky and the brightest star in Orion, though it is occasionally outshone by Betelgeuse, which varies over a larger range. A triple-star system is separated from Rigel by an angle of 9.5 arc seconds .

  5. VY Canis Majoris - Wikipedia

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    However, this is probably larger than the actual size of the underlying star and the angular diameter estimate appears exceedingly large due to interference by the circumstellar envelope. [29] [9] [3] In 2006–2007 radii of 1,800–2,100 R ☉ have been derived from the estimated luminosity of 430,000 L ☉ and temperatures of 3,450–3,535 K ...

  6. Antares - Wikipedia

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    Despite its large size compared to the Sun, Antares is dwarfed by even larger red supergiants, such as VY Canis Majoris, VV Cephei A, WOH G64, or Mu Cephei. Antares, like the similarly sized red supergiant Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion, will almost certainly explode as a supernova, [61] probably in 1.0 to 1.4 million years. [10]

  7. Rho Cassiopeiae - Wikipedia

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    Rho Cassiopeiae (/ ˌ r oʊ k æ s i ə ˈ p iː aɪ,-s i oʊ-,-iː /; ρ Cas, ρ Cassiopeiae) is a yellow hypergiant star in the constellation Cassiopeia.It is about 8,150 light-years (2,500 pc) from Earth, yet can still be seen by the naked eye as it is over 300,000 times brighter than the Sun.

  8. The red giant star Betelgeuse is closer than we thought ... - AOL

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    Betelgeuse is one of the best-known stars in the night sky, as well as the easiest to find. New examinations of this behemoth star suggest it is both smaller — and closer — than astronomers ...

  9. Bellatrix - Wikipedia

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    To the Inuit, the appearance of Betelgeuse and Bellatrix high in the southern sky after sunset marked the beginning of spring and lengthening days in late February and early March. The two stars were known as Akuttujuuk "those (two) placed far apart", referring to the distance between them, mainly to people from North Baffin Island and Melville ...