Top 10 largest stars in the Milky Way

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)

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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

VV Cephei A

Size: 1,050 x Sun

Distance from Earth: 4,900 light-years

6

KW Sagittarii

Size: 1,009 x Sun
Distance from Earth: 7,800 light-years

7

Betelgeuse

Size: 887 x Sun

Distance from Earth: 643 light-years

8

Antares

Size: 883 x Sun

Distance from Earth: 550 light-years

9

V838 Monocerotis

Size: 380 x Sun

Distance from Earth: 6,100 light-years

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