What is bigger than the sun?

Question

Is there anything bigger than the sun because I think the sun is the biggest, but I am not sure. If there is anything bigger than the sun please tell me.

Answer 1

THE LARGEST KNOWN STARS

Star name / Solar diameter (Sun = 1)
VY Canis Majoris 1950 (1800-2100)
VV Cephei 1750 (1600-1900)
V354 Cephei 1520
KW Sagitarii 1460
KY Cygni 1420
Mu Cephei (Herschel's "Garnet Star") 1420
La Superba (Y Canum Venaticorum) 1100
S Doradus 1000
V509 Cassiopeiae 910
R Leonis 900
R Doradus 830
V838 Monocerotis 800
V382 Carinae 747
Rho Cassiopeiae 738
Mira A (Omicron Ceti) 700
Antares (Alpha Scorpii) 700
Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis) 650
S Pegasi 580
T Cepheii 540
S Orionis 530
W Hydrae 520
Y1 Aurigae 511
119 Tauri 510
R Cassiopeiae 500
Delta Canis Majoris (Wezen) 482
Chi Cygni 470
J Cassiopeiae 460
Alpha Herculis (Ras Algethi) 460
Eta Carinae 400
The Pistol Star 340
Chi Cygni 300
Epsilon Aurigae B 295
Deneb (Alpha Cygni) 220
LBV 1806-20 200
Epsilon Aurigae A 175
Zeta Aurigae 160
Epsilon Pegasi (Enif) 150
Gamma Crucis (Gacrux) 113
Beta Cygni A1 109
Epsilon Aurigae 100
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
Beta Ursae Minoris (Kochab) 41
Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri) 43
Gamma Draconis (Eltanin) 50

VV Cephei is an eclipsing binary star system located in the constellation Cepheus, about 3000 light years away from Earth. It contains a red supergiant and a companion blue star, which appears to be on the main sequence; matter flows from the supergiant onto the blue companion.

VV Cephei A, the supergiant, was till recently the largest star known. It is of spectral type M2 and is about 1600-1900 times the Sun's diameter. If it replaced the Sun in our solar system, it would extend to the orbit of Saturn. It is 275,000-575,000 times as luminous as the Sun.

Answer 2

Hi divya, First of all, it is an illusion. You can prove this easily enough; go out and find the Moon just as it is rising. Hold up a small object at arm's length (it helps if the object is about 1/4 inch wide) and compare the apparent size of the object to the apparent size of the Moon. Later, when the Moon has risen higher, repeat your measurement. You'll find that the Moon's angular size really hasn't changed (if anything, the Moon is slightly SMALLER on the horizon because it's physically further away from your position) So if it's just an illusion, what causes it? I've heard several theories: (A) The horizon Moon looks larger because we assume (usually correctly) that airborne objects near the horizon are farther away than objects that are directly overhead. Therefore, a horizon Moon with roughly the same angular size as an overhead Moon will give us the impression of being much larger, which is how our brain registers it. (B) Our estimation of the size of an object can be skewed by the sizes of the objects that surround it. When we view the Moon near the horizon it is "close" to distant trees and buildings. When it rises higher we can only compare it to the vastness of the sky surrounding it, which makes it appear comparatively smaller. (C) Another theory says that objects can appear smaller or larger depending on how you try to focus on them. When you view the Moon behind distant buildings and trees you adjust your eyes to focus long-range. When you view the Moon high in the sky there is no obvious point of reference on which to focus your eyes, so your eyes (if I understand the theory correctly) auto-focus to a point a few meters in front of you. Because your focal point is much closer, the Moon appears much further away. So which is right? Well, it could be any of these, a combination of all three, or something else altogether. What is certain is that there is no magnification going on due to the atmosphere; the effect is an illusion. I hope this helps. Good luck!

Answer 3

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What is bigger than the sun?
Is there anything bigger than the sun because I think the sun is the biggest, but I am not sure. If there is anything bigger than the sun please tell me.

Answer 4

Eric if you think that the sun is bigger you might correct, but if you are confusing of what you believe then you need to find it out if it is true, and you know I believe that the sun is bigger than the other that we can see in our solar system. hope help you.

Answer 5

the sun is a medium sized main sequence star and the biggest heavenly body in our solar system.
there are number of stars more than a 100 times bigger than our
sun in our as well as other galaxies.

Answer 6

I bigger star...

A red giant for one. Our own sun will someday become a red giant that will reach the orbit of the Earth. Incinerating all planets up to Mars..

Done worry, it will not happen for millions of years.

Answer 7

Supernova's are bigger. Supernova's form when stars are dying.
A supernova explosion will be really big.


There are bigger stars in this universe. Well, of course.

Answer 8

there are stars bigger than the sun infact the sun is among the smallest stars in the universe.

Answer 9

Our sun, Sol, is a medium sized star. The red giant is much larger but is one that is almost completely spent. Jupiter is about the same size or slightly larger but it never became a star, which is a good thing for us. I believe that there are other larger items but I cannot bring them to mind at the moment.

Answer 10

The only thing in the known universe more incredible than the sun is the depth of human ignorance.

Also, Eta Carinae