1. VY Canis Majoris
Size: 1,800-2,100 x Sun (so massive that its light takes eight hours to travel around its own equator)
Distance from Earth: 3,900 light-years
2. RW Cephei
Size: 1,535 x Sun
Distance from Earth: 3,500 light-years
3. V354 Cephei
Size: 1,520 x Sun
Distance from Earth: 9,000 light-years
4. KY Cygni
Size: 1,420- 2,850 x Sun
Distance from Earth: 5,000 light-years
5. Mu Cephei
Size: 1,260 x Sun
Distance from Earth: 6,000 light-years
6. VV Cephei A
Size: 1,050 x Sun
Distance from Earth: 4,900 light-years
7. KW Sagittarii
Size: 1,009 x Sun
Distance from Earth: 7,800 light-years
8. Betelgeuse
Size: 887 x Sun
Distance from Earth: 643 light-years
9. Antares
Size: 883 x Sun
Distance from Earth: 550 light-years
10. V838 Monocerotis
Size: 380 x Sun
Distance from Earth: 6,100 light-years
