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User:Nussun05/The Large Stars Quest

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Here you can help me find large stars (over ~1500 solar radii), you can give sizes and refs here, or on my discord server at https://discord.gg/8r5Csca

List of suggested stars and their sizes

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Star name Solar radii
(Sun = 1)
Source Suggested by: Status:
Dark star (dark matter)s 2-1,000 Au (~400-~3,500 solar radii) PNSMurthy Red XN
Quasi-stars 7,187 PNSMurthy Red XN Still finding source
Red Supergiants in the early Universe ~5,000 [1] Nussun05 Green tickY Verified.
THA 34-26 2,752.67 [2] Nussun05 Green tickY Verified but probably unreliable. Derived from TESS data.
Unknown ~M9Ia+ red supergiant star exceeding the Humphreys-Davidson limit Possibly 2,520 – 2,600 Unknown; seen on a post by Sam Halls at Quora SpaceImplorerExplorerImplorer Red XN There is probably a source that was not mentioned on the post.
V1804 Sagittarii 2,050 Unknown; seen on a post by Sam Halls at Quora. Another paper has a calculated radius of 682 R assuming the Gaia DR3 distance. Nussun05 Red XN No source yet. Another reference has a calculated radius of ~682 solar radii assuming the Gaia DR3 distance.