Largest Stars in the Universe
Largest Stars is a structured science dataset with 20 entries. Its fields include Star, Constellation, Type. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 20 rows
- Fields
- 6 columns
- Source
- Not provided
- Data updated
- Not provided
Included fields: Star, Constellation, Type, Solar Radii, Distance Ly, and 1 more.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Constellation groups
- 11 distinct values
- Across 20 preview rows
- Type groups
- 7 distinct values
- Across 20 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Star, Constellation, and Type across science entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 20 downloadable records
Star↕ | Constellation↕ | Type↕ | Solar Radii↕ | Distance Ly↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stephenson 2-18 | Scutum | Red supergiant | 2150 | 18900 | Possibly the largest known star by radius |
UY Scuti | Scutum | Red supergiant | 1708 | 9500 | One of the largest stars, pulsating variable |
WOH G64 | Dorado (LMC) | Red hypergiant | 1540 | 160000 | Largest star in the Large Magellanic Cloud |
Westerlund 1-26 | Ara | Red supergiant | 1530 | 15000 | Part of super star cluster Westerlund 1 |
KY Cygni | Cygnus | Red supergiant | 1420 | 5000 | Among the most luminous red supergiants |
AH Scorpii | Scorpius | Red supergiant | 1411 | 7400 | Semi-regular variable star with large radius |
VY Canis Majoris | Canis Major | Red hypergiant | 1420 | 3840 | Famous extreme hypergiant, massive nebula around it |
RW Cephei | Cepheus | Red hypergiant | 1260 | 11500 | One of the most luminous stars in the Milky Way |
NML Cygni | Cygnus | Red hypergiant | 1183 | 5250 | Surrounded by a large dust envelope, one of the coolest hypergiants |
Betelgeuse | Orion | Red supergiant | 887 | 700 | Orion's shoulder, will explode as supernova, dimmed mysteriously in 2020 |
Antares | Scorpius | Red supergiant | 680 | 550 | Heart of the Scorpion, rival of Mars in redness |
Mu Cephei (Garnet Star) | Cepheus | Red supergiant | 972 | 5260 | One of the reddest stars visible, named by William Herschel |
V354 Cephei | Cepheus | Red supergiant | 1520 | 9000 | Irregular variable, one of the most voluminous stars |
KW Sagittarii | Sagittarius | Red supergiant | 1009 | 7800 | One of the largest stars near the galactic center |
Aldebaran | Taurus | Red giant | 44 | 65 | Eye of the Bull, 14th brightest star in the night sky |
Rigel | Orion | Blue supergiant | 79 | 860 | 7th brightest star, 120,000x more luminous than the Sun |
Deneb | Cygnus | Blue-white supergiant | 203 | 2600 | Part of the Summer Triangle, extremely luminous |
Pistol Star | Sagittarius | Blue hypergiant | 306 | 25000 | One of the most luminous stars, near galactic center |
Eta Carinae | Carina | Blue hypergiant | 240 | 7500 | Massive binary, Great Eruption of 1843, future supernova candidate |
R136a1 | Dorado (LMC) | Wolf-Rayet | 42 | 163000 | Most massive known star (~215 solar masses), in Tarantula Nebula |
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