Antares
Antares, Alpha Scorpii (α Sco) is a red supergiant star located at an approximate distance of 550 light years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius.… Read More »Antares
UY Scuti
Stephenson 2-18
Stephenson 2-18 (St2-18) is a red supergiant or red hypergiant star located in the constellation Scutum. Also catalogued as Stephenson 2-DFK 1 and RSGC2-18, it… Read More »Stephenson 2-18
Arcturus
Arcturus, Alpha Boötis (α Boo), is a red giant star located 36.7 light-years away in the northern constellation Boötes. With an apparent magnitude of -0.05,… Read More »Arcturus
VY Canis Majoris
VY Canis Majoris (VY CMa) is a red supergiant or red hypergiant star located at an approximate distance of 3,820 light-years from Earth in the… Read More »VY Canis Majoris
UY Scuti
UY Scuti is a red supergiant or red hypergiant star located in the direction of the constellation Scutum. With an estimated radius of 1,708 solar… Read More »UY Scuti
Betelgeuse
Betelgeuse, Alpha Orionis (α Ori), is a red supergiant star located in the constellation Orion, the Hunter. It has an estimated radius about 764 times… Read More »Betelgeuse
BAT99-98
BAT99-98 is a Wolf-Rayet star located in the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud. With a mass 226 times that of the Sun and… Read More »BAT99-98