As far as the "Largest" Star ... visible from Earth ... Thus, in Sun's relative context ... there are Trillions ... though only few of these have been Classified ... while most, yet remain to be Classified, and Categorized.
But you can be sure, when you look up at the skies on a clear night, there are hundreds, perhaps thousands of dim Stars ... most being by far much larger, than our sun ... adorning our Earth's Night Skies.
It is said that Alpha Centauri is the one.
I searched about it and wikipedia says that it is the 8th brightest star in the night sky and 2nd brightest star in the orion constellation.
I believe that would be Sirius.
Sirius in the constellation Canis Major (the Greater Dog) is the sky’s brightest star. This star’s brightness makes it easy to find on winter and spring evening
True, my bad. The obvious sometimes evades me.
Sun appears to be the largest as it is closer to our planet... But I am asking for the largest star that we can see from earth. Sun's size is nothing infront of many stars....
I was thinking the Sun at first, too, but the sun is a rather small star. It appears large because it is relatively close. There are giant stars that can be seen from earth, but some of them are millions of light years away.
So it is possible that I did indeed have the correct answer?
Same here and I agree. The question is which is the largest, etc; not which one appears the largest.
UH UH UH , you asked "what is the biggest "visible .....technicly thats a iffy question for interpretation. Ha
Well I think in the galaxy we can't interpret. But from the earth there must be one star which is visible and largest among all the stars that are visible from earth.
Sirius was the first star that popped into my mind-- it's the brightest visible from Earth...but then immediately I thought, well, there might be stars bigger but farther, so they would appear less bright than Sirius.
Then I wondered, 'how do we know how big a star is?' Science is cool, insn't it? No deadends--one question leads to a network of other questions...
Endlessly fascinating. Well, for dweeby nerd girls like myself. I was born just a tad too early to be cool, but my neice Megan is simpatico and she's completed an elite Penn State computer science degree (her graduation ceremony was a hoot--she's short in stature anyway, and marching to place with the other (mostly boy) students receiving the same degree, she looked like a little munchkin surrounded by giants.
Ah, geek girl power. I love to see it. She ruled those boys, too. They were in awe of her mind and her ability to organize projects and find unique solutions.
Plus she's adorably cute. Okay Okay...now I've gone over the line and I'm bragging on my children; well, my brother's children as I have none of my own.
Conclution? More information needed.
NOTE: This is from WIKI and even they admit it's outdated, but it still was the clearest I could find after a few hours of stupid sleepy useless research and I refuse to go any further, so here's my final reply:
Star name↓ Solar radii (Sun = 1)↓
VY Canis Majoris 1,800–2,100;
VV Cephei A 1,600[1][3]–1,900[1][foot 1]
V838 Monocerotis 1,570 ± 400[4]
Mu Cephei (Herschel's "Garnet Star") 1,650[5]
WOH G64 1,540[6]
V354 Cephei 1,520[5]
KY Cygni 1,420–2,850[5]
KW Sagittarii 1,460[5]
RW Cephei 1,260–1,610[citation needed]
Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis) 1,180[7][8]
Antares (Alpha Scorpii) 800[foot 2]
V382 Carinae 747
S Pegasi 580[9]
W Hydrae 562[10]
T Cephei 540[11]
S Orionis 530[12]
R Cassiopeiae 500[13]
Chi Cygni 470[14]
Alpha Herculis (Ras Algethi) 460
Rho Cassiopeiae 450
119 Tauri ("Ruby Star")[15] 450[16]
Mira A (Omicron Ceti) 400[17]
V509 Cassiopeiae 400[18]–900[19]
S Doradus 100–380[20]
U Orionis 370±96
R Doradus 370
HR Carinae 350
R Leonis 350[21]
Nu Aquilae 350
V337 Carinae 350
The Pistol Star 340
S Coronae Borealis 340
V381 Cephei 327
Pi Puppis (Ahadi) 290
Delta Lyrae 275
Psi Aurigae 271
Alpha Draconis (Thuban) 265
CW Leonis 250
Cygnus OB2-12 244
Omicron Canis Majoris 231
Gamma Cygni (Sadir) 225
Deneb (Alpha Cygni) 220[citation needed]
La Superba (Y Canum Venaticorum) 215
It sounded like such a simple question. But there's so much complication. Like much of life: all chaos once you scratch the surface. That's why most of us don't scratch.
Being part cat, after living with the Fuzzy Ones and, realizing their vast superiority over the Opposable Thumbed Ones, I've aspired and meditated and studied and mind-melded until I've grown claws that can't help but scratch surfaces.
Visible from Earth. Visible with or without telescope? With infrared telescope? Do giant massive red dead stars that keep accumulating more and more mass till they collapse or explode or something count or only living stars that are relatively stable?
Sigh. Mew. Nap time. No wonder cats sleep so much. We burn up calories in endless loops of musing that may keep us amused and others bemused but serve no purpose other than to make nap time all the more desireable and dreams more interesting. If I only had a real brain, I'd have the perfect temperment to be a theoretical physicist.
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