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8 Μαΐ 2023 · The biggest star in the universe (that we know of), UY Scuti is a variable hypergiant with a radius around 1,700 times larger than the radius of the sun.
The biggest star in the universe is UY Scuti, a red supergiant star that is estimated to be over 1,700 times larger than our Sun. It is located in the constellation Scutum and has a diameter of approximately 2.4 billion kilometers.
UY Scuti is the largest star in the Universe observed so far. The red supergiant is 1,708 times wider than our Sun, with a radius of 1.2 billion km (738 million miles). The star can be found around 9,500 light-years away from Earth in the Scutum Constellation, around the centre of the Milky Way.
10 Ιαν 2020 · Most of the 10 largest stars lie within the Milky Way but astronomers have found some of the gargantuan celestial bodies in other galaxies, as well.
Below are lists of the largest stars currently known, ordered by radius and separated into categories by galaxy. The unit of measurement used is the radius of the Sun (approximately 695,700 km ; 432,300 mi ).
UY Scuti (BD-12°5055) is a red supergiant star, located 5,900 light-years away in the constellation Scutum. It is also a pulsating variable star, with a maximum brightness of magnitude 8.29 and a minimum of magnitude 10.56, which is too dim for naked-eye visibility.
VY Canis Majoris is one of the biggest stars in the Universe. How does it compare to our Sun and the Earth? Find out in our guide.
