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Here is a picture of stars:
Comparison between
Sun
and
Arcturus
Comparison between
Arcturus
,
red supergiant
Antares
, and the
Sun
. The black circle is the size of the orbit of
Mars
.
The
Aldebaran
compared to
Sun
.
Comparison between
VY Canis Majoris
and
Sun
(to scale).
Right to left: VY Canis Majoris compared to Betelgeuse, Rho Cassiopeiae, the Pistol Star and the Sun (not visible in this thumbnail). The orbits of Jupiter and Neptune are also shown.
R136a1
, the most massive star known, is a blue
hypergiant
Wolf-Rayet
star of around 265 solar masses. Left to right size comparison: a
red dwarf
, the
Sun
, a
blue dwarf
, and
R136a1
.
R136a1
is not the largest known star in terms of volume; this distinction belongs to
VY Canis Majoris
.
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