List of largest known stars
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Below is a list of the largest known stars, by solar diameter.
The exact order of this list is not complete yet, nor is it completely well defined:
- Double stars here are sometimes treated individually, while other lists may combine them.
- There are statistical variations in measured values.
| Star name | solar diameter (Sun = 1) |
|
|---|---|---|
| VY Canis Majoris (Humphreys Model) | 1800-2100 [1] | |
| VV Cephei | 1600-1900 | |
| V354 Cephei | 1520 | |
| KW Sagitarii | 1460 | |
| KY Cygni | 1420 | |
| Mu Cephei (Herschel's "Garnet Star") | 1420 | |
| V509 Cassiopeiae | 910 | |
| V838 Monocerotis | 800 | |
| V382 Carinae | 747 | |
| Antares (Alpha Scorpii) | 700 [2] | |
| Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis) | 650 | |
| VY Canis Majoris (Massey-Levesque-Plez Model) | 600 [3] | |
| S Pegasi | 580 [4] | |
| S Doradus | 550 | |
| T Cepheii | 540 [5] | |
| S Orionis | 530 [6] | |
| W Hydrae | 520 [7] | |
| 119 Tauri | 510 [8] | |
| R Cassiopeiae | 500 [9] | |
| Delta Canis Majoris (Wezen) | 482 | |
| Chi Cygni | 470 [10] | |
| Alpha Herculis (Ras Algethi) | 460 | |
| Rho Cassiopeiae | 450 | |
| Mira A (Omicron Ceti) | 400 [11] | |
| Eta Carinae | 400 | |
| R Doradus | 370 | |
| HR Carinae | 350 | |
| R Leonis | 350 [12] | |
| The Pistol Star | 340 | |
| La Superba (Y Canum Venaticorum) | 300 | |
| Deneb (Alpha Cygni) | 220 | |
| LBV 1806-20 | 200 | |
| Epsilon Aurigae A | 175 | |
| Zeta Aurigae | 160 [13] | |
| Epsilon Pegasi (Enif) | 150 | |
| Gamma Crucis (Gacrux) | 113 | |
| Beta Cygni A1 | 109 | |
| Gamma Andromedae | 83 | |
| Alpha Leporis (Arneb) | 77 | |
| Rigel (Beta Orionis) | 70 | |
| Epsilon Carinae | 70 | |
| R Coronae Borealis | 65 | |
| Canopus (Alpha Carinae) | 65 | |
| Delta Orionis (Mintaka) | 60 | |
| Zeta Orionis (Alnitak) | 60 | |
| Alpha Persei (Mirfak) | 60 | |
| Zeta Geminorum (Mekbuda) | 60 | |
| Eta Aquilae | 60 | |
| Gamma Draconis (Eltanin) | 50 | |
| Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri) | 43 [14] | |
| Beta Ursae Minoris (Kochab) | 41 | |
