Top Ten Largest Stars

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The Top Ten

  1. Stephenson 2-18

    Also known as RSGC2-01, Stephenson 2-18 is a red hypergiant star and the largest star ever discovered. Oh, sorry guys i did not know that.

    There is no proof it's the largest star.

    This was an estimate based off of an unreliable calculation of its temperature and luminosity.

    And WOH G64 turned out to be much smaller than initially expected.

    VY Canis Majoris is the largest with a well characterized size.

  2. WOH G64

    WOH G64 was discovered recently in 2024. WOH G64 is a red supergiant star.

    Recent analysis proved it to be only half as large as initially thought.

    It is also the largest member of a binary system,

  3. VY Canis Majoris

    VY Canis Majoris is a red supergiant star.

    This is the largest star we've ever verified with good calculation.

    It's around 1,420 +/- 120 times as big as our Sun.

    It's actually a red hypergiant star.

  4. RW Cephei

    RW Cephei is a yellow hypergiant star.

  5. V354 Cephei

    V354 Cephei is a red supergiant star.

  6. KY Cygni

    KY Cygni is a red supergiant star.

  7. MU Cephei

    MU Cephei is a red supergiant star.

  8. Betelgeuse

    Betelgeuse is about to have a supernova soon. Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star.

  9. Polaris

    It's Polaris A.

  10. Aldebaren

    It's Aldebaran A.

    11. The Newcomers
  11. ?

    Our Sun

  12. ?

    Alpha Centauri A

    13. The Contenders

  13. UY Scuti

    UY Scuti used to be at number 2 but scientists found that it's way smaller than they thought. UY Scuti is a red supergiant star.

  14. Pistol Star

  15. Deimos

  16. Rigel

  17. R136A1

  18. Arcturus

  19. Pollux

  20. Vega

  21. Serious A

    It's actually Sirius A.

  22. Antares

    Antares is a red supergiant.