This is the 6th list of the "stars by size" lists.
List
editLegend
editBright star (Mv ≤ 3.5m) |
100–700 solar radii
editName | Radius
(R☉) |
Constellation | Sp. type | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|
Iota Cephei | 10.05±0.18[1] | Cepheus | K0III B[2] | |
Alpha Monocerotis | 10.1±0.5[3] | Monoceros | G9.5III[4] | Brightest star in Monoceros |
Epsilon Aquilae | 10.14±0.7[5] | Aquila | K1III[5] | |
37 Tauri | 10.15±0.69[5] | Taurus | K0III[5] | |
Xi Hydrae | 10.18±0.35[5] | Hydra | G7III[5] | |
Epsilon Ophiuchi | 10.39±0.07[5] | Ophiuchus | G9.5IIIb[5] | |
Delta Arietis | 10.42±0.97[5] | Aries | K2III[5] | |
Algieba B | 10.55±0.29[6] | Leo | G7IIIb[7] | |
Menkent | 10.6[a] | Centaurus | K0IIIb[9] | 54th brightest star in the night sky |
Omicron Coronae Borealis | 10.64±0.93[5] | Corona Borealis | K0III[10] | |
BI 253 | 10.7[11]–13.4[12] | Dorado | O2V(f*) C[13] | Possibly the most massive star. |
Libertas | 10.86+0.44 −1.05[14] |
Aquila | K0III[14] | Has one confirmed exoplanet |
91 Aquarii | 11±0.1[14] | Aquarius | K0III[14] | |
39 Arietis | 11.26±0.82[5] | Aries | K1.5III[5] | |
Delta1 Tauri | 11.81±0.53[5] | Taurus | G9.5III[15] | Part of a spectroscopic binary system |
12 Aquilae | 11.85±0.5[5] | Aquila | K1III[5] | |
Capella Aa | 11.98±0.57[16] | Auriga | K0III[b] | Sixth-brightest star in the night sky |
Epsilon Cygni | 12.41+0.29 −0.3[17] |
Cygnus | K0III[18] | 91st brightest star in the night sky |
Beta Ophiuchi | 12.42±0.13[1] | Ophiuchus | K2IIICN0.5 B[19] | |
109 Herculis | 12.63±0.22[1] | Hercules | K2IIIab B[20] | |
Delta Andromedae | 13.64±0.3[5] | Andromeda | K3III[5] | |
Muscida | 13.84+1.19 −1.04[14] |
Ursa Major | G4II-III[14] | Has one confirmed exoplanet |
Zeta Puppis | 14[21] | Puppis | O4I(n)fp C[22] | One of the most massive stars visible to the naked eye. 71rd brightest star in the night sky. |
Hamal | 14.85±0.3[5] | Aries | K2III[5] | 49th brightest star in the night sky |
Eta Ceti | 15.1±0.1[1] | Cetus | K2IIIb[23] | |
Mintaka | 16.5[24] | Orion | O9.5II[24] | 67th brightest star in the night sky |
Diphda | 16.78±0.23[1] | Cetus | G9.5IIICH-1 B[25] | 51rd brightest star in the night sky |
Nu Aurigae | 17.85+0.51 −0.53[17] |
Auriga | K0.5IIICN0.5[26] | |
Rho Boötis | 18.75±0.92[5]–21.57±0.25[1] | Boötes | K3III[5] | |
Psi Ursae Majoris | 19.68±0.62[5] | Ursa Major | K1III[5] | |
Upsilon Persei | 21.61±0.93[5] | Andromeda | K3III[5] | |
Arcturus | 25.21±0.21[5] – 25.4±0.2[27] | Böotes | K1.5III[5] | Fourth-brightest star in the night sky, and the nearest red giant. |
91 Piscium | 25.3±2.29[5] | Pisces | K5III[5] | |
39 Cygni | 25.35±1.41[5] | Cygnus | K3III[5] | |
Algieba A | 26.08±0.79[6] | Leo | K1III[7] | Hosts an exoplanet (Gamma1 Leonis b). Part of a stellar system that is also the 50th brightest star in the night sky. |
11 Lacertae | 26.24±1.46[5] | Lacerta | K2III[5] | |
31 Leonis | 30.4±1.88[5] | Leo | K4III[5] | |
Sargas | 35.5 (equator); 25.3 (polar)[28] | Scorpius | F1III[29] | 37th brightest star in the night sky |
Epsilon Boötis | 37.61+1.29 −1.38[citation needed] |
Boötes | K0II-III[30] | 74th brightest star in the night sky |
Kochab | 42.06±0.91[5]–44.13±0.22[17] | Ursa Minor | K4III[5] | 58th brightest star in the night sky |
Aldebaran | 45.1±0.1[31] | Taurus | K5+III[32] | |
Delta Cephei A | 46.07+1.94 −2.10[17] |
Cepheus | F5Iab:[33] | Prototype of the Cepheid variables, a class of variable stars. |
Altarf | 47.2±1.3[34] – 48.96±4.23[5] | Cancer | K4III[5] | Brightest star in Cancer |
Eltanin | 48.15±1.09[5] – 51.8±0.26[17] | Draco | K5III[5] | 69th brightest star in the night sky |
Alpha Lyncis | 54.5±3.02[5] | Lynx | K7III[5] | |
Gamma Sagittae | 55.13±3.29[5] | Sagitta | M0III[35] | Brightest star in Sagitta |
Alphard | 55.93±2.41[5] | Hydra | K3IIIa[36] | 47th brightest star in the night sky. |
Nu Ursae Majoris | 57.07±4.13[5] | Ursa Major | K3III[37] | |
20 Ceti | 65.93+2.13 −2.25[17] |
Cetus | K5III[17] | |
Minelauva | 67.4+0.96 −0.99[17] |
Virgo | M3+III[38] | |
Kappa Serpentis | 71.31+1.42 −1.48[17] |
Serpens | M0.5IIIab[39] | |
Delta Sagittarii | 76.84[40][c] | Sagittarius | K2.5IIIaCN0.5[41] | |
Rigel | 78.9±7.4[42] | Orion | B8Iae[43] | Seventh-brightest star in the night sky. |
Notes
editReferences
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- ^ "Iota Cephei". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^ Basic physical parameters of a selected sample of evolved stars
- ^ "Alpha Monocerotis". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
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- ^ a b Spectroscopic comparative study of the red giant binary system gamma Leonis A and B
- ^ a b "Algieba". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^ CHARM2: An updated Catalog of High Angular Resolution Measurements
- ^ "Menkent". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^ "HD 136512". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
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- ^ An excess of massive stars in the local 30 Doradus starburst
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- ^ a b c d e f NASA Exoplanet Archive
- ^ "Delta1 Tauri". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^ Capella (α Aurigae) Revisited: New Binary Orbit, Physical Properties, and Evolutionary State
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Angular Diameters and Fundamental Parameters of Forty-Four Stars from the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer
- ^ "Epsilon Cygni". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^ "Beta Ophiuchi". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^ "109 Herculis". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
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- ^ "Zeta Puppis". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^ "Eta Ceti". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
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- ^ "Nu Aurigae". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
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- ^ "Sargas". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^ "Epsilon Boötis". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^ Long-lived, long-period radial velocity variations in Aldebaran: A planetary companion and stellar activity
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- ^ "Delta Cephei". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^ Planetary companions in K giants β Cancri, μ Leonis, and β Ursae Minoris
- ^ "Gamma Sagittae". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^ "Alphard". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^ "54 Ursae Majoris". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^ "Delta Virginis". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^ "Kappa Serpentis". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^ Abundances in the Local Region. I. G and K Giants
- ^ "Delta Sagittarii". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^ Asteroseismology of the nearby SN-II Progenitor: Rigel. Part I. The MOST High-precision Photometry and Radial Velocity Monitoring
- ^ "Rigel". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.