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Name Size Unit Caption Reference
Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall 2.5 (2–3) Gpc Would be the largest known structure in the universe if it exists. Bibcode:2014A&A...561L..12H
Alcyoneus >5.04±0.05 Mpc The largest known structure created by a single galaxy. Bibcode:2022A&A...660A...2O
Parsec 30,856,775,814,913.67 km
Light year 9,460,730,472,580.8 km
VY Canis Majoris 1,975,788,000 (1,420±120 R) km One of the largest stars ever discovered, with parameters approaching the limits of what is thought to be possible. Bibcode:2012A&A...540L..12W
S Persei 1,686,376,800 (1,212±124 R) km An extreme red supergiant with a veiling effect, only very few are known to exist. Bibcode:2003AAS...203.4907T
μ Cephei 1,352,440,800 (972±228 R) km One of the brightest red supergiant stars in the night sky. It is the prototype star of the SRc type of semiregular variable stars. Bibcode:2019MNRAS.485.2417M
Betelgeuse 1,063,029,600 (764+116
−62
 R
)
km The most well-known example of a red supergiant. Bibcode:2020ApJ...902...63J
Antares 946,152,000 (680 R) km Bibcode:2013A&A...555A..24O
V381 Lacertae 702,657,000 (477–533 R) km Despite being a cool carbon star, the star shows extreme variability reminiscent of the hotter R CrB variables. Bibcode:2016MNRAS.456.2550R
IRAS 17163-3907 452,205,000 (325 R) km A very rare yellow hypergiant in a post-red supergiant phase. It has a surrounding nebula that resembles a fried egg. Bibcode:2020A&A...635A.183K
6 Cassiopeiae 268,540,200 (193 R) km Bibcode:2003IAUS..212..255V
L2 Puppis 171,142,200 (123±14 R) km The second nearest AGB star behind R Doradus, it has a candidate planet or low-mass brown dwarf companion. Bibcode:2014A&A...564A..88K
Astronomical unit 149,597,870.7 km The average distance between the Earth and the Sun, a commonly used unit by astronomers.
Canopus 101,989,620 (73.3±5.2 R) km The second brightest star in the night sky. Bibcode:2021A&A...654A..19D
Eltanin 72,074,520 (51.8±0.26 R) km Red giant, among the closest examples. Bibcode:2021AJ....162..198B
MN18 53,568,900 (38.5+18.5
−12.7
 R
)
km A blue supergiant with a bipolar nebula around it. Bibcode:2015MNRAS.454..219G
Arcturus 35,341,560 (25.4±0.2 R) km Bibcode:2011ApJ...743..135R
Mintaka 22,958,100 (16.5±R) km Bibcode:2015ApJ...809..135S
Pollux 12,606,084 (9.06±0.03 R) km Bibcode:2018AJ....155...30B
WR 134 7,304,850 (5.25 R) km Observed in 1867, it was one of the first three Wolf-Rayet stars to be identified. Bibcode:2019A&A...625A..57H
Vega 3,792,956.4 (2.726±0.006 × 2.418±0.012 R) km Bibcode:2012ApJ...761L...3M
Przybylski's Star 2,754,972 (1.98±0.03 R) km Bibcode:2010A&A...520A..88S
Rigil Kentaurus 1,702,238.76 (1.2234±0.0053 R) km Bibcode:2017A&A...597A.137K
Sun 1,391,400 km
Toliman 1,201,056.48 (0.8632±0.0037 R) km Bibcode:2017A&A...597A.137K
WR 93b 612,216 (0.44 R) km The smallest known Wolf-Rayet star. Bibcode:2019A&A...621A..92S
Light second 299,792.458 km
Proxima Centauri 214,553.88 (0.1542±0.0045 R) km The closest star to the Sun. Bibcode:2017A&A...598L...7K
Jupiter 142,984±8 × 133,708±20 km WGCCRE 2015
Saturn 120,536±8 × 108,728±20 km WGCCRE 2015
Uranus 51,118±8 × 49,946±40 km WGCCRE 2015
Neptune 49,528±30 × 48,682±60 km WGCCRE 2015
Earth 12,756.2 × 12,713.6 km WGCCRE 2015
Venus 12,103.6±2 km WGCCRE 2015
Mars 6,792.38±0.2 × 6,752.4±0.2 km WGCCRE 2015
Ganymede 5,262.4±3.4 km WGCCRE 2015
Mercury 4,881.06±0.08 × 4,876.52±0.08 km WGCCRE 2015
ZTF J1901+1458 4,280+320
−460
km Bibcode:2021Natur.595...39C
Moon 3,474.8 km WGCCRE 2015
Pluto 2,376.6±3.2 km WGCCRE 2015
Charon 1,212±2 km WGCCRE 2015
433 Eros 34 × 11 × 11 km WGCCRE 2015
2867 Šteins 6.48 × 5.46 × 4.08 km WGCCRE 2015
4179 Toutatis 4.26 × 2.03 × 1.7 km WGCCRE 2015
Aegaeon 1.4±0.1 × 0.5±0.12 × 0.4±0.16 km WGCCRE 2015
25143 Itokawa 0.536 × 0.294 × 0.208 km WGCCRE 2015

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