Monday, February 20, 2012

What is the size of the largest star in the known universe?

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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