UY Scuti

BAT99-98

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2021-09-15

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

Pistol Star

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2021-04-192021-07-10

The Pistol Star (V4647 Sagittarii) is a blue hypergiant star located in the southern constellation Sagittarius. It is one of the most massive and luminous… Read More »Pistol Star

Stephenson 2-18

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2020-09-132021-07-10

Stephenson 2-18 (St2-18) is a red supergiant located in the constellation Scutum. Also catalogued as Stephenson 2-DFK 1 and RSGC2-18, it is the current record… Read More »Stephenson 2-18

VV Cephei

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2020-03-302021-07-09

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… Read More »VV Cephei

Antares

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2019-11-142021-07-10

Antares, Alpha Scorpii (α Sco) is a red supergiant star located in the constellation Scorpius. With an average apparent magnitude of 0.96, it is the… Read More »Antares

WOH G64

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2019-10-282021-09-15

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… Read More »WOH G64

Aldebaran

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2019-10-082021-07-07

Aldebaran, Alpha Tauri (α Tau), is an orange giant star in the constellation Taurus. It marks the eye of the celestial Bull. With an apparent… Read More »Aldebaran