Mu Cephei
Mu Cephei (μ Cep) is a red supergiant located in the constellation Cepheus. With an average apparent magnitude of 4.08, it is the 10th brightest star in the constellation. Also known as Herschel’s Garnet Star […]
Largest Stars
VV Cephei
VV Cephei is an eclipsing binary star system located approximately 4,900 light years from Earth in the constellation Cepheus. It has an apparent magnitude of 4.91. The primary star in the system, VV Cephei A, […]
WOH G64
WOH G64 is a red supergiant or hypergiant star located at a distance of 160,000 light years from Earth in the constellation Dorado. It is one of the largest stars discovered to date, as well […]
Betelgeuse
Betelgeuse, Alpha Orionis (α Ori), is a red supergiant star of the spectral type M1-2 located in the constellation Orion, the Hunter. It has an estimated radius about 887 to 955 times that of the […]
UY Scuti
UY Scuti is a red supergiant star located in the direction of Scutum constellation. With an estimated radius of 1,708 solar radii, it is currently the largest star known. It is classified as a pulsating […]