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Stephenson 2-18

BASIC INFO

Stephenson 2-18 is the biggest known star in the universe. It is a red supergiant, possibly even a hypergiant star. It easily dwarfs our sun, and it would take 9 hours to circle it at the speed of light.

ADVANCED INFO

Size: 1.860 billion miles across

Mass: 30±10 solar masses

Distance from Earth: 19,570 light-years

Galaxy: Milky Way

Age: 17 ± 3 million years old

Luminosity: 437,000 L

Type: Red Supergiant or hypergiant

Temperature: 5,792 Fahrenheit (3,200 Celsius) (At surface)

SOME RANDOM FACTS

If it was placed in our solar system, it would go beyond the orbit of Saturn.
It can also fit about 13 quadrillion Earths.
The former biggest star was UY Scuti.

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