VY Canis Majoris. Material ejected by the star is visible in this 2004 image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys, using polarizing filters. Credit: NASA/ESA/R Humphreys/U Minnesota)
Below is a list of the largest known stars by radius (half of the diameter). A unit of measurement is the radius of the Sun (approximately 695,500 kilometers, or 432,450 miles).
List of the largest stars(top to bottom = large to small)
| Star name | Solar radii= 1 |
|---|---|
| VY Canis Majoris | 1800-2100 times |
| WOH G64 | 2000 |
| VV Cephei A | 1600-1900 |
| V354 Cephei | 1520 |
| RW Cephei | 1260-1610 |
| KW Sagitarii | 1460 |
| KY Cygni | 1420 or 1440 |
| Mu Cephei(Garnet star) | 1420 |
| Betelgeuse | 950-1000 |
| V509 Cassiopeiae | 910 |
| V838 Monocerotis | 800 |
| V382 Carinae | 747 |
| Antares | 700 |
| S Pegasi | 580 |
| S Doradus | 550 |
| T Cephei | 540 |
| S Orionis | 530 |
| W Hydrae | 520 |
| 119 Tauri | 510 |
| R Cassiopeiae | 500 |
| Delta Canis Majoris | 482 |
| Chi Cygni | 470 |
| Alpha Herculis | 460 |
| Rho Cassiopeiae | 450 |
| Mira A | 400 |
| Eta Carinae | 400 |
| R Doradus | 370 |
| HR Carinae | 350 |
| R Leonis | 350 |
| The Pistol Star | 340 |
| La Superba | 300 |
| Deneb | 220 |
| LBV 1806-20 | 200 |
| Epsilon Aurigae A | 175 |
| Zeta Aurigae | 160 |
| Epsilon Pegasi | 150 |
| Gamma Crucis | 113 |
| Gamma Andromedae | 83 |
| Alpha Leporis | 77 |
| Rigel | 70 |
| Epsilon Carinae | 70 |
| R Coronae Borealis | 65 |
| Canopus | 65 |
| Delta Orionis | 60 |
| Zeta Orionis | 60 |
| Alpha Persei | 60 |
| Zeta Geminorum | 60 |
| Eta Aquilae | 60 |
| Gamma Draconis | 50 |
| Aldebaran | 43 |
| Beta Ursae Minoris | 41 |
| Beta Cygni A1 | 16 |
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