Biggest Stars Of Our Milky Way Galaxy

Biggest Stars 

Biggest Stars of our Milky way galaxy
Stars

Let’s Know about Most Giant Monster Stars

Sun (Reference)

Temperature – 5,500 oC (At Surface), 15 million oC(in the Core) Age – 4.6 billion years old Radius –  795,508 Kilometers (109 times that of earth) Mass – 1.9 x 1030 Kg / 330,000 times that of Earth Gravity – 274 m/s2 / 28 times that of Earth Distance from Earth – 150,000,000 km (1 Astronomical unit)

Sun (Solar)
The Sun (Solar)

11) Sirius B (The Dog Star)

Age – Approx 240 million years old and It can be seen from everywhere on the earth’s surface. Temperature – 10,000 oC (Almost twice as hot as the Sun) Radius – 1.197 Million Km / 1.71 x Solar Radii (Radius of Our Sun) Distance from Earth – 8.6 Light years Mass – 3.9 x 1030 Kg / 2 x Solar Mass(Mass of Our Sun)  Gravity – 213.8 m/s2 Luminosity – 25 x Solar Luminosity(Our Sun’s Luminosity)

Sirius star
Sirius (The Dog Star)

 10) Pollux Star

Age – 724 Million Year old Temperature – 4,500 oC Radius – 6.122 Million Km / 9 x Solar Radii Distance From Earth – 34 Light years Mass – 4.05 x 1030 Kg / 1.91 x Solar Mass Gravity – 4.842 m/s2 Luminosity – 43 x Solar Luminosity

Pollux
Pollux Star

9) Arcturus Star

Age – 7.1 Billion Years old Temperature – 4000 oC Radius – 17.87 Million Km / 25 x Solar Radii Distance from Earth – 36.7 Light years Mass – 2.1 x 1030 Kg / 1.10 x Solar Mass Gravity – 0.4571 m/s2 Luminosity – 170 x Solar Luminosity

Arcturus
Arcturus Star

8) Aldebaran Star (Eye of Taurus)

Age – 6.6 Billion Years Temperature – 3680 oC Radius – 30.75 Million Km / 44 x Solar Radii Distance from Earth – 65 Light Years Mass – 3.3 x 1030 Kg / 1.7 x Solar Mass Gravity – 0.389 m/s2 Luminosity – 518 X Solar Luminosity

Aldebaran star
Aldebaran Star “Eye of Taurus”

 7) Polaris (The North Star / Dhruv Tara)

Age – 70 Million Years Temperature – 5730 oC Radius – 35 Million Km / 49 x Solar Radii Distance from Earth – 434 Light Years Mass – 5.4 x Solar Mass Luminosity – 2500 x Solar Luminosity

Polaris Star
Polaris Star “The North Star”

6) Rigel Star (The Foot of Orion)

Age – 8 Million Years Temperature – 10,727 oC Radius – 54,250,000 Km / 78 x Solar radii Distance from Earth – 860 Light Years Mass – 3.5 x 1031 Kg / 18 x Solar Mass Luminosity – 12000 x Solar luminosity

Rigel star
Rigel star “Foot of Orion”

5) Antares Star (Heart of the Scorpion )

Age – 11 Million Years Temperature – 3,250 oC Radius –  883 x Solar Radii Distance from Earth – 619 Light Years Mass – 12 x Solar Mass Luminosity – 97,500 x Solar Luminosity

Antares star
Antares star “Heart of The Scorpion” 

4) Betelgeuse Star

Age – 10 Millions Years Temperature – 3,230 oC Radius – 820 Million Km / 1,180 x Solar Radii Distance from Earth – 640 Light Years Mass – 20 x Solar Mass Luminosity – 140,000 x Solar Luminosity

betelgeuse star
Betelgeuse Star 

3) VV Cephei 

Age – 25 Million Years Temperature – 3,330 oC Radius – 988 Million  Km /  1400 x Solar Radii Distance from Earth – 4,900 Light Years Mass – 3.8 x 1031 Kg / 19 x Solar Mass Luminosity – 200,000 x Solar Luminosity

VV cephei
V V Cephei 

2) VY Canis Majoris

Age – 4,900 Million Years Temperature – 3,220 oC Radius – 987 Million Km / 1420 x Solar Radii Distance from Earth – 4000 Light Years Mass – 3.3 x 1031Kg / 17 x Solar Mass Gravity – 0.0025 m/s2 Luminosity – 270,000  x Solar Luminosity

vy canis majoris
VY Canis Majoris 

1) UY Scuti

Age – Not calculated Temperature – 3,400 oC Radius – 1188 Million Km / 1708 x Solar Radii Distance from Earth – 9,500 Light Years Mass – 8 x Solar Mass Luminosity – 340,000 x Solar Luminosity

u y scuti
UY Scuti “The Biggest Monster of Our Milkyway Galaxy” First Image (above) From Rutherford Observatory

 
 
Mercury < Mars < Venus < Earth < Neptune < Uranus < Saturn < Jupiter < Proxima Centauri < Sun < Sirius < Pollux < Arcturus < Aldebaran < Rigel < Antares < Betelgeuse < NML Cygni < VV Cephei A < VY Canis Majoris < UY Scuti

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1 thought on “Biggest Stars Of Our Milky Way Galaxy”

  1. Were you there? How can you state the ages as fact when it is pure guestimation based on many assumptions. The first rule in anything is “DO NOT ASSUME”

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