If the earth was the size of a tennis ball, then, what would be the comparable size, of the largest star in the known universe?What is the size of the largest star in the known universe?If the Earth were the size of a tennis ball, The largest known star would be about the same size as all of the Himalayan mountains combined. There are billions of stars in each galaxy, and trillions of trillions of galaxies throughout the universe. We are pretty small huhWhat is the size of the largest star in the known universe?Here is a list of the biggest stars!! enjoy :D
Star name Solar radii
(Sun = 1)
VY Canis Majoris 1800 to 2100[1]
WOH G64 2000
VV Cephei A 1600 to 1900
Mu Cephei (Herschel's "Garnet Star") 1650[2]
V354 Cephei 1520
RW Cephei 1260 to 1610
KW Sagittarii 1460
KY Cygni 1420 or 1440
Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis) 950 to 1000[1][2]
Antares (Alpha Scorpii) 800
V838 Monocerotis 800
V382 Carinae 747
S Pegasi 580 [3]
T Cephei 540 [4]
S Orionis 530 [5]
W Hydrae 520 [6]
119 Tauri (Ruby Star)[3] 510 [7]
R Cassiopeiae 500 [8]
Delta Canis Majoris (Wezen) 482
Chi Cygni 470 [9]
Alpha Herculis (Ras Algethi) 460
Rho Cassiopeiae 450
Mira A (Omicron Ceti) 400 [10]
V509 Cassiopeiae 400 [11]
S Doradus 100–380[4]
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
Eta Carinae 85 to 195 [5]
Epsilon Aurigae A 175
Zeta Aurigae 160 [13]
Epsilon Pegasi (Enif) 150
Gamma Crucis (Gacrux) 113[citation needed]
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
Beta Cygni A1 16What is the size of the largest star in the known universe?Check out these pictures of size comparison.
http://www.rense.com/general72/size.htmWhat is the size of the largest star in the known universe?
large stars tend to be dim and cool... smaller stars tend to be hot and bright.... we can see small hot stars from MUCH farther away then we can see the really big dim ones
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