The largest stars in the known universe, listed here, are mostly cool red supergiants and hypergiants. Their radii are notoriously difficult to measure for several reasons.| Star Facts
BAT99-98 is a Wolf-Rayet star located in the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud. With a mass 226 times that of the Sun, it may be the most massive star discovered to date.| Star Facts
The Lobster Nebula (War and Peace Nebula, NGC 6357) is a large emission nebula located approximately 5,900 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. It hosts some of the most massive stars in the Milky Way galaxy| www.constellation-guide.com
The Caldwell catalogue is a list of 109 bright deep sky objects that can be observed with amateur telescopes. It serves as a supplement to the Messier catalogue and includes deep sky objects in the far southern sky.| www.constellation-guide.com
Regor, Gamma Velorum (γ Vel), is a multiple star system located at a distance of 1,095 light years in the constellation Vela. It contains one of the nearest supernova candidates to Earth.| Star Facts
Rho Cassiopeiae (ρ Cas) is a yellow hypergiant located 3,425 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is one of the most luminous stars known, with an energy output more than 300,000 times that of the Sun.| Star Facts
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a Magellanic spiral galaxy located 163,000 light-years away in the constellation Dorado and Mensa. It is the brightest satellite galaxy of the Milky Way and one of the nearest galaxies to our own.| www.constellation-guide.com
The Tarantula Nebula (30 Doradus) is a vast star-forming region located approximately 160,000 light-years away in the constellation Dorado. It is part of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), the brightest satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.| www.constellation-guide.com