2007-04-05 23:55:58 · 12 answers · asked by johnjhawaii 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
vy canis majoris
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_star
2007-04-05 23:58:48 · answer #1 · answered by neutron 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't believe people were saying the sun, our system's sun is actually considerably small compaired to other stars that have been discovered. People need to stop being so narrow minded. It reminds me of when people thought that the Earth was the center of the universe. We are not alone in the universe and there is nothing significant about our solar system that seperates it from the other systems out there.
2007-04-06 05:43:05 · answer #2 · answered by chainlink12 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pistol Star is very large in volume. It has a mass about 100 times the mass of the Sun and a radius of about 100 million miles (comparable to the Earth-Sun distance, or about 300 times the radius of the Sun). More massive stars are less dense so take up proportionally more space. Red giant stars (like Betelgeuse and Antares) are very big in volume.When our Sun becomes a red giant in about 5 billion years it will expand to enclose the inner planets. Antares has a radius about 400 times that of the Sun, so is bigger than the Pistol star in volume despite being smaller in mass.
2007-04-06 00:02:18 · answer #3 · answered by Sam h 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are 3 different ways you can figure the largest star, by brightness mass or by area.
LBV 1806-20 is the most massive right now.
2007-04-06 00:00:33 · answer #4 · answered by dv4unme 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has occurred to me that what is known to you is very different than what is known to me. So, for me to answer. I can only do so with the information contained within my domain. The argument may persist because there are no parameters. What may appear brightly in the sky has no bearing on the ten dimensions. A flame of pure hydrogen is invisible to the eye. Does it still have light? Go fish.
2007-04-06 02:07:09 · answer #5 · answered by einstein 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here's a list of the top ones ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_stars
2007-04-06 00:00:17 · answer #6 · answered by Gene 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Brightness can not determine size. If you have not been there, you can not answer. Your best guess will be only that. A guess-summation.
2007-04-06 00:04:22 · answer #7 · answered by blueridgemotors 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it's the sun.
I may be wrong though. I'm not Googling just going from memory.
2007-04-05 23:58:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Oprah - sadly enough
2007-04-05 23:58:16 · answer #9 · answered by DrMikeonCall 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
the sun?
2007-04-05 23:58:58 · answer #10 · answered by butterflysnflutterbyes 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋