List of largest known stars
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).[1]

The angular diameters of stars can be measured directly using stellar interferometry. Other methods can use lunar occultations or from eclipsing binaries, which can be used to test indirect methods of finding stellar radii. Only a few useful supergiant stars can be occulted by the Moon, including Antares A (Alpha Scorpii A). Examples of eclipsing binaries are Epsilon Aurigae (Almaaz), VV Cephei, and V766 Centauri (HR 5171). Angular diameter measurements can be inconsistent because the boundary of the very tenuous atmosphere (opacity) differs depending on the wavelength of light in which the star is observed.
Uncertainties remain with the membership and order of the lists, especially when deriving various parameters used in calculations, such as stellar luminosity and effective temperature. Often stellar radii can only be expressed as an average or be within a large range of values. Values for stellar radii vary significantly in different sources and for different observation methods.
All the sizes stated in these lists have inaccuracies and may be disputed. The lists are still a work in progress and parameters are prone to change.
Caveats
Various issues exist in determining accurate radii of the largest stars, which in many cases do display significant errors. The following lists are generally based on various considerations or assumptions; these include:
- Stellar radii or diameters are usually derived only approximately using the Stefan–Boltzmann law for the deduced stellar luminosity and effective surface temperature.
- Stellar distances, and their errors, for most stars, remain uncertain or poorly determined.
- Many supergiant stars have extended atmospheres, and many are within opaque dust shells, making their true effective temperatures and surfaces highly uncertain.
- Many extended supergiant atmospheres also significantly change in size over time, regularly or irregularly pulsating over several months or years as variable stars. This makes adopted luminosities poorly known and may significantly change the quoted radii.
- Other direct methods for determining stellar radii rely on lunar occultations or from eclipses in binary systems. This is only possible for a very small number of stars.
- Most distance estimates for red supergiants come from stellar cluster or association membership, because it is difficult to calculate accurate distances for red supergiants that are not part of any cluster or association.
- In these lists are some examples of extremely distant extragalactic stars, which may have slightly different properties and natures than the currently largest known stars in the Milky Way. For example, some red supergiants in the Magellanic Clouds are suspected to have slightly different limiting temperatures and luminosities. Such stars may exceed accepted limits by undergoing large eruptions or changing their spectral types over just a few months (or potentially years).[2][3]
Lists
The following lists show the largest known stars based on the host galaxy.
Milky Way
Star name | Solar radii (Sun = 1) |
Method[lower-alpha 1] | Notes |
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Stephenson 2 DFK 1 | 2,150[4] | L/Teff | Located in close proximity to the extremely massive open cluster Stephenson 2 (RSGC2), where 25 other red supergiants are also located. Membership in the cluster currently uncertain, with large uncertainties in the measurements. |
Orbit of Saturn | 2,047–2,049.9[5][lower-alpha 2] | Reported for reference | |
The above radii are larger than what stellar evolution theory predicts, and are thus potentially unreliable[6] | |||
Theoretical limit of star size (Milky Way) | ~1,500[6] | This value comes from the rough average radii of the three largest stars studied in the paper. It is consistent with the largest possible stellar radii predicted from the current evolutionary theory, and it is believed that stars above this radius would be too unstable and simply do not form.[6] Reported for reference | |
RSGC1-F01 | 1,450[7]–1,530+330 −424[8] |
L/Teff | |
VY Canis Majoris | 1,420±120[9] | AD | |
CM Velorum | 1,416.24+0.40 −0.96[10] |
L/Teff | |
AH Scorpii | 1,411±124[11][12] | AD | |
RSGC1-F06 | 1,382+298 −384[8] |
L/Teff | |
CD-26 5055 | 1,280+20 −123[10] |
L/Teff | |
AS Cephei | 1,263+19 −9[10] |
L/Teff | |
RSGC1-F10 | 1,246+264 −337[8] |
L/Teff | |
Westerlund 1 W237 (Westerlund 1 BKS B) | 1,241±70[13] | L/Teff | |
IRC -10414 | ~1,200[14] | L/Teff | |
V517 Monocerotis | 1,196+80 −159[10] |
L/Teff | |
PZ Cassiopeiae | 1,190±238(–1,940±388)[6] | L/Teff | |
BC Cygni | 1,187+34 −37[10] |
L/Teff | A more detailed but older study gives values of 1,081 R☉ (856–1,375) for the year 2000, and 1,303 R☉ (1,021–1,553) for the year 1900.[15] |
RSGC1-F05 | 1,185+254 −325[8] |
L/Teff | |
NML Cygni | 1,183[16] | L/Teff | |
GCIRS 7 | 1,170±60[17]–1,368[18] | AD | |
Westerlund 1 W26 (Westerlund 1 BKS AS) | 1,165±58–1,221±120[13] | L/Teff | |
EV Carinae | 1,165[19] | L/Teff | |
RSGC1-F08 | 1,150+234 −297[8] |
L/Teff | |
IRAS 18111-2257 | ~1,150–1,437[20] | L/Teff | Estimated based on the bolometric luminosity and assumed effective temperature of 2,000 K. Another period-luminosity-derived luminosity for this star results in a radius of 1,730 R☉.[20] |
MY Cephei | 1,135[21] | L/Teff | |
RSGC1-F02 | 1,128+238 −303[8]–1,500[7] |
L/Teff | |
Orbit of Jupiter | 1,114.5–1,115.8[5][lower-alpha 2] | Reported for reference | |
V766 Centauri Aa | 1,110±50[22] | ? | V766 Centauri Aa is a rare variable yellow supergiant. |
RW Cygni | 1,103+251 −177[23] |
AD | |
RSGC1-F04 | 1,100[7]–1,422+305 −390[8] |
L/Teff | |
RT Carinae | 1,090±218[6] | L/Teff | |
V384 Persei | 1,088[24] | L/Teff | |
UU Persei | 1,079+9 −8[10] |
L/Teff | |
R Fornacis | 1,078[24] | L/Teff | |
V396 Centauri | 1,070±214[6] – 1,145.31[25] | L/Teff & ? | |
HD 126577 | 1,066+9 −32[10] |
L/Teff | |
V1300 Aquilae (IRC -10529) | 1,059[26] | L/Teff | |
HaroChavira 1 | 1,058[27] | L/Teff | |
V602 Carinae | 1,050±165[28] | AD | |
WX Piscium | 1,044[26] | L/Teff | |
KU Andromedae (IRC +40004) | 1,044[26] | L/Teff | |
RSGC1-F11 | 1,032+210 −267[8] |
L/Teff | |
KY Cygni | 1,032[27]–(1,420±284–2,850±570)[6] | L/Teff | |
RW Leonis Minoris | 1,028[26] | L/Teff | |
V346 Puppis | 1,025[24] | L/Teff | |
RSGC1-F13 | 1,017+221 −286[8]–1,430[7] |
L/Teff | |
CK Carinae | 1,013 – 1,060±212[6] | L/Teff | |
KW Sagittarii | 1,009±142[11][12] | AD | |
RSGC1-F07 | 1,006+215 −276[8] |
L/Teff | |
V349 Carinae | 1,002+12 −74[10] |
L/Teff | |
RSGC1-F09 | 996+210 −269[8] |
L/Teff | |
MSX6C G086.5890-00.7718 | (975+175 −183–1,035+186 −158)[29]–1,196.91+6.31 −6.35[10] |
L/Teff | Lower values based on the Gaia DR3 effective temperature and the luminosity of Levesque et al. (2005) and that of Messineo & Brown (2019). Higher value based on the GSP Phot-Aeneas library using BR/RP spectra in Gaia DR3. |
V3953 Sagittarii (IRC -30398) | 970[26] | L/Teff | |
S Aurigae | 957[24] | L/Teff | |
RSGC1-F12 | 955+204 −262[8] |
L/Teff | |
RSGC1-F03 | 942+179 −222[8]–1,200[7] |
L/Teff | |
RW Cephei | 940[30] | L/Teff | |
V384 Persei | 937[26] | L/Teff | |
GX Monocerotis | 931[26] | L/Teff | |
S Cassiopeiae | 920[26] | L/Teff | |
NV Aurigae (IRC +50137) | 918[26] | L/Teff | |
V1111 Ophiuchi (IRC +10365) | 902[26] | L/Teff | |
NSV 25875 | 891[16] | L/Teff | |
T Lyrae | 876[26] | L/Teff |
|
Trumpler 27 MMU 1 | 875.86+5.5 −11.83[10] |
L/Teff | |
V437 Scuti | 874[16] | L/Teff | |
LL Pegasi | 869[16] | L/Teff | |
V1417 Aquilae | 866[31] | L/Teff | |
V669 Cassiopeiae | 859[16] | L/Teff | |
FX Serpentis | 857[24] | L/Teff | |
Westerlund 1 W20 (Westerlund 1 BKS D) | 858±48[13] | L/Teff | |
VX Sagittarii | 853[16]-1,335±215[32] | L/Teff | Another paper estimates an angular diameter of 8.82±0.5 mas which would result in a radius of 1,479±194 R☉.[12] |
BI Cygni | 851[33]–1,240±248[6] | L/Teff | |
VLH96 A | 833[34] | L/Teff | |
μ Cephei (Herschel's Garnet Star) | 830[16]-972±228[35] | AD | |
V1185 Scorpii | 830[16] | L/Teff | |
CW Leonis | 826[16] | L/Teff | |
R Cygni | 825[26] | L/Teff | |
UY Scuti | 825[36]–1,708±192[11] | L/Teff, AD | The upper radius of UY Sct is more extreme than what current stellar evolution models predict. One paper mentions this extremity, and the reason for it is not yet clear.[37] |
LP Andromedae | 815[16] | L/Teff | |
AZ Cygni | 814+175 −124[23]–911+57 −50[38] |
AD | Estimated based on data from the CHARA array, higher value is an average of calculated radii based on the LDD angular diameter. Another paper estimates 856+20 −14 R☉ (2011), 927+21 −15 R☉ (2012), 890+21 −15 R☉ (2014), 895+21 −15 R☉ (2015) and 890+21 −15 R☉ (2016) based on the same data.[39] |
HaroChavira 2 | 813[27] | L/Teff | |
U Arietis | 801±205[40] | AD | |
RT Ophiuchi | 801±217[41] | AD | |
II Lupis | 795[31] | L/Teff | |
BO Carinae | 790±158[6] | L/Teff | |
S Persei | 780±156(–1,230±246)[6] | L/Teff | |
SU Persei | 780±156[6]–1,139+34 −23[39] |
L/Teff | Higher value is one of three radii (1,139+34 −23 R☉ (2015), 1,044+31 −21 R☉ (August 2016) and 1,095+33 −22 R☉ (October 2016)) measured from observations by the CHARA array. |
RV Aquarii | 772[26] | L/Teff | |
T Cancri | 770[24] | L/Teff | |
GP Cassiopeiae | 771.74+0.23 −0.86[10] |
L/Teff | |
RS Persei | 770±30[42] | AD | |
V355 Cephei | 770±154[6] | L/Teff | |
V Cygni | 770[31] | L/Teff | |
GU Cephei A | 767[25] | ? | |
Betelgeuse (α Orionis) | 764+116 −62[43] |
? | Tenth brightest star in the night sky.[44] |
IRAS 10176-5802 | 751.2+0.4 −0.6[10]–(793+281 −152–849+172 −133)[29] |
L/Teff | Lower value based on the GSP Phot-Aeneas library using BR/RP spectra in Gaia DR3. Higher values based on the Gaia DR3 effective temperature and the luminosity of Levesque et al. (2005) and that of Messineo & Brown (2019). |
HD 303250 | 750±150[6] | L/Teff | |
GY Aquilae | 748[12] | AD | |
RU Virginis | 745[24] | L/Teff | |
TT Centauri | 744[26] | L/Teff | |
UU Pegasi | 742±193[41] | AD | |
RSGC3-S3 | 735[8] | L/Teff | |
RSGC3-S15 | 728[8] | L/Teff | |
Westerlund 1 W75 (Westerlund 1 BKS E) | 722±36[13] | L/Teff | |
V Camelopardalis | 716±185[41] | AD | |
S Cephei | 715[24] | L/Teff | |
V923 Centauri | 716[25] | ? | |
V528 Carinae | 700±140[6] | L/Teff | |
The following well-known stars are listed for the purpose of comparison. | |||
V354 Cephei | 685[45] | L/Teff | |
Antares A (α Scorpii) | 680[46] | AD | Fourteenth brightest star in the night sky.[44] |
Mira A (ο Ceti) | 541[16] | L/Teff | |
Unurgunite (σ Canis Majoris) | 420±84[6] | L/Teff | |
La Superba (Y Canum Venaticorum) | 342[47] | AD | |
Orbit of Mars | 322–323.1[5][lower-alpha 2] | Reported for reference | |
Pistol Star (V4647 Sagittarii) | 306[48] | ? | |
R Doradus | 298±21[49] | AD | The extrasolar star with the largest apparent size. |
Rasalgethi A (α Herculis) | 284±60 (264–303)[50] | L/Teff | |
Wezen (δ Canis Majoris) | 215±66[51] | AD | Thirty-sixth brightest star in the night sky.[44] |
Orbit of Earth (~1 AU) | 214[5][lower-alpha 2] | Reported for reference | |
Enif (ε Pegasi) | 210.4 – 210.7[52] | ? | |
Suhail (λ Velorum) | 210[53] | ? | |
Deneb (α Cygni) | 203±17[54] | ? | Eighteenth brightest star in the night sky.[44] |
Orbit of Venus | 158.6[5][lower-alpha 2] | Reported for reference | |
Orbit of Mercury | 82.9–84.6[5][lower-alpha 2] | Reported for reference | |
Vega (α Lyrae) | 2.726±0.006 × 2.418±0.012[55] | Fifth brightest star in the night sky.[44] Reported for reference | |
Sun | 1 | The largest object in the Solar System. Reported for reference |
Magellanic Clouds
Star name | Solar radii (Sun = 1) |
Galaxy | Method[lower-alpha 1] | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
WOH G64 | 1,540[56] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | Surrounded by a large dust cloud. |
WOH S170 | 1,461[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
HD 269551 | 1,439[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
HV 12463 | 1,420[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
W60 B90 (WOH S264) | 1,390+130 −110[58] |
Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | Further investigation is needed to constrain the luminosity and radius with more certainty.[58] |
HV 888 | 1,374[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
LMC 23095 | 1,280[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
OGLE BRIGHT-LMC-LPV-52 | 1,275[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
LMC 145013 | 1,243[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
HV 5618 | 1,163[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
LMC 25320 | 1,156[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
SMC 18592 | 1,129[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
SP77 21-12 | 1,103[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
[W60] D44 | 1,063[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
UCAC2 2674864 (HV 2834) | 990+115 −100[58] |
Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
HV 2362 | 982[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
SMC 56389 | 976[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
LMC 136404 | 974[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
SMC 69886 | 967[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
SMC 10889 | 963[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
TRM 87 | 947[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
SMC 18136 | 945[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
LMC 147199 | 939[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
WOH S457 | 902±45[59] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
IRAS 04498-6842 (LI-LMC 60) | (898-1,660)[60]–1,765[61] | Large Magellanic Cloud | Lower value derived from fitting models that assume the star's effective temperature to be 3,400 K. Higher value based on the measured effective temperature from van Loon et al. (2005). A newer paper estimates parameters that would result in a radius of 1,765 R☉.[61] | |
HV 12185 | 890+55 −65[58] |
Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
HV 11423 | 872[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
SMC 49478 | 888[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
SMC 5092 | 880[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
HV 12793 | 880+45 −65[58] |
Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
WOH S57 | 875+70 −60[58] |
Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
SMC 83202 | 864[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
SMC 81961 | 848[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
SMC 20133 | 835[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
SMC 59803 | 829[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
SP77 28-2 | 825±60[58] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
Z Doradus | 824±108[59] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
2MASS J00534794-7202095 | 784[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
W61 19-24 | 780+50 −70[58] |
Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
SMC 12322 | 765[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
WOH S452 | 762±275[59] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
WOH S438 | 757±211[59] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
SMC 64663 | 745[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
LMC 67982 | 730[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
PMMR 64 | 730+75 −65[58] |
Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
VFTS 828 | 664±106[59] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
LMC 68125 | 660[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
LMC 68098 | 660[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
SP77 54-25 | 654±111[59] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
WOH S374 | 610+75 −60[58] |
Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
MH 35 | 602±77[59] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
VFTS 839 | 539±92[59] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
HTR 7 | 522±53[59] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
RM 1-703 | 507±59[59] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
VFTS 198 | 435±132[59] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
VFTS 852 | 431±54[59] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
HTR 4 | 403±55[59] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
VFTS 2090 | 394±61[59] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
VFTS 289 | 349±43[59] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
2MASS J00450746-7327417 | 305[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
VFTS 744 | 298±149[59] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
SMC079 | 297[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
2MASS J05055608-7032372 | 290[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
VFTS 655 | 288±65[59] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
VFTS 222 | 276±46[59] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
VFTS 23 | 268±56[59] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
SMC080 | 244[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
2MASS J00450138-7350513 | 200[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
2MASS J05060067-6916283 | 142[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
2MASS J05055720-6858112 | 139[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
2MASS J05055891-6830314 | 137[57] | Large Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
2MASS J00450816-7325382 | 125[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
2MASS J00450831-7254146 | 121[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff | |
2MASS J00450482-7340132 | 119[57] | Small Magellanic Cloud | L/Teff |
M31 and M33
Star name | Solar radii (Sun = 1) |
Galaxy | Method[lower-alpha 1] | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
LGGS J013414.27+303417.7 | 1,479[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004514.91+413735.0 | 1,324[57] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004125.23+411208.9 | 1,302[57] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013350.62+303230.3 | 1,283[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J003951.33+405303.7 | 1,272[57] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004124.80+411634.7 | 1,240[62] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004035.08+404522.3 | 1,230[62] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013409.63+303907.6 | 1,182[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013352.96+303816.0 | 1,182[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004047.22+404445.5 | 1,162[57] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004428.48+415130.9 | 1,130[57] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013335.90+303344.5 | 1,104[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013358.54+303419.9 | 1,103[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013336.64+303532.3 | 1,102[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013241.94+302047.5 | 1,083[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004059.50+404542.6 | 1,071[57] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013430.75+303218.8 | 1,067[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013314.31+302952.9 | 1,067[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013412.27+305314.1 | 1,063[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013328.17+304741.5 | 1,063[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013233.77+302718.8 | 1,058[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013307.60+304259.0 | 1,051[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013305.48+303138.5 | 1,046[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013351.47+303640.3 | 1,034[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013303.54+303201.2 | 1,027[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004047.82+410936.4 | 1,010[62] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013344.10+304425.1 | 1,007[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013312.35+303033.9 | 993[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013423.29+305655.0 | 993[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013350.84+304403.1 | 984[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013329.47+301848.3 | 981[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004148.74+410843.0 | 981[57] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013319.13+303642.5 | 970[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013403.73+304202.4 | 965[57] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004138.35+412320.7 | 954[57] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004424.94+412322.3 | 945[62] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013258.18+303606.3 | 943[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013321.44+304045.4 | 932[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013357.08+303817.8 | 918[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013312.38+302453.2 | 911[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004501.30+413922.5 | 910[62] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013338.77+303532.9 | 885[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013309.10+303017.8 | 865[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004447.08+412801.7 | 825[62] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004255.95+404857.5 | 785[62] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013257.86+303555.0 | 648[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J003913.40+403714.2 | 640[62] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004428.71+420601.6 | 605[62] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004607.45+414544.6 | 560[62] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004623.75+420141.4 | 535[57] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J003902.20+403907.3 | 525[62] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004620.92+415545.8 | 511[57] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J003857.29+404053.6 | 500[62] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004620.78+421001.8 | 475[57] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004625.67+421322.0 | 412[57] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013257.92+302500.1 | 389[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013257.79+304323.1 | 348[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004625.69+420046.9 | 246[57] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004625.59+415911.6 | 246[57] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J004623.60+421012.2 | 221[57] | Andromeda Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013257.77+301226.0 | 209[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff | |
LGGS J013258.25+304006.0 | 186[57] | Triangulum Galaxy | L/Teff |
Other galaxies (within the Local Group)
Star name | Solar radii (Sun = 1) |
Galaxy | Method[lower-alpha 1] | Notes
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Sextans A 10 | 995±130[63] | Sextans A | L/Teff | |
Sextans A 5 | 870±145[63] | Sextans A | L/Teff | |
LeoA 7 | 786.5[64] | Leo A | L/Teff | |
Sextans A 7 | 710±100[63] | Sextans A | L/Teff | |
IC 10 3 | 685±90[63] | IC 10 | L/Teff | |
WLM 14 | 610±80[63] | WLM | L/Teff | |
Sextans B 1 | 565±70[63] | Sextans B | L/Teff | |
IC 1613 2 | 560±70[63] | IC 1613 | L/Teff | |
WLM 12 | 430±70[63] | WLM | L/Teff | |
IC 10 5 | 420±50[63] | IC 10 | L/Teff | |
Sextans B 2 | 405±90[63] | Sextans B | L/Teff | |
LeoA 75 | 404.4[64] | Leo A | L/Teff | |
WLM 13 | 380±50[63] | WLM | L/Teff | |
LeoA 90 | 353.9[64] | Leo A | L/Teff | |
LeoA 143 | 353.7[64] | Leo A | L/Teff | |
Sextans A 6 | 350±40[63] | Sextans A | L/Teff | |
Pegasus 1 | 340±50[63] | Pegasus Dwarf | L/Teff | |
Sextans A 4 | 335±40[63] | Sextans A | L/Teff | |
WLM 11 | 310±50[63] | WLM | L/Teff | |
IC 1613 1 | 300±40[63] | IC 1613 | L/Teff | |
IC 10 2 | 280±30[63] | IC 10 | L/Teff | |
Pegasus 2 | 260±40[63] | Pegasus Dwarf | L/Teff | |
Sextans A 8 | 260±60[63] | Sextans A | L/Teff | |
LeoA 203 | 244[64] | Leo A | L/Teff | Known red supergiant[65] |
Sextans A 9 | 230±50[63] | Sextans A | L/Teff | |
LeoA 98 | 211.2[64] | Leo A | L/Teff | |
IC 10 4 | 200±25[63] | IC 10 | L/Teff | |
IC 10 1 | 165±60[63] | IC 10 | L/Teff | |
IC 10 6 | 160±25[63] | IC 10 | L/Teff | |
Phoenix 3 | 90±15[63] | Phoenix Dwarf | L/Teff |
Outside the Local Group
Star name | Solar radii (Sun = 1) |
Galaxy | Group | Method[lower-alpha 1] | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
NGC 2403 V14 | 1,260[66] | NGC 2403 | M81 Group | L/Teff | |
M81 10584-25-2 | 851[66] | Messier 81 | M81 Group | L/Teff | |
M81 10584-13-3 | 843[66] | Messier 81 | M81 Group | L/Teff | |
[GKE2015] 7 | 729[67] | NGC 300 | NGC 55 Group | L/Teff | |
[GKE2015] 6 | 653[67] | NGC 300 | NGC 55 Group | L/Teff | |
[GKE2015] 9 | 585[67] | NGC 300 | NGC 55 Group | L/Teff | |
[GKE2015] 10 | 573[67] | NGC 300 | NGC 55 Group | L/Teff | |
[GKE2015] 13 | 557[67] | NGC 300 | NGC 55 Group | L/Teff | |
[GKE2015] 22 | 557[67] | NGC 300 | NGC 55 Group | L/Teff | |
[GKE2015] 34 | 550[67] | NGC 300 | NGC 55 Group | L/Teff | |
[GKE2015] 11 | 519[67] | NGC 300 | NGC 55 Group | L/Teff | |
[GKE2015] 139 | 507[67] | NGC 300 | NGC 55 Group | L/Teff | |
[GKE2015] 39 | 499[67] | NGC 300 | NGC 55 Group | L/Teff | |
[GKE2015] 31 | 492[67] | NGC 300 | NGC 55 Group | L/Teff | |
[GKE2015] 37 | 465[67] | NGC 300 | NGC 55 Group | L/Teff | |
[GKE2015] 14 | 445[67] | NGC 300 | NGC 55 Group | L/Teff | |
[GKE2015] 55 | 429[67] | NGC 300 | NGC 55 Group | L/Teff | |
[GKE2015] 24 | 404[67] | NGC 300 | NGC 55 Group | L/Teff | |
NGC 2363-V1 | 194–356[68] | NGC 2366 | M81 Group | L/Teff |
Notes
- Methods for calculating the radius:
- AD: radius calculated from angular diameter and distance
- L/Teff: radius calculated from bolometric luminosity and effective temperature
- At the J2000 epoch
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See also
External links
- Giant Stars An interactive website comparing the Earth and the Sun to some of the largest known stars
- Three largest stars identified BBC News
- What is the Biggest Star in the Universe? Universe Today