The greatest star known to mankind is UY Scuti.

It is located in the constellation of the Shield.

It is a bright red supergiant.

The radius of the UY Scuti is approximately 1.2 billion kilometers. It is 1,700 times the radius of the sun.

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1. The star UY Scuti was discovered in 1860 by German astronomers at the Bonn Observatory.

2. This star is 340,000 times brighter than the sun.

3. The volume of the star UY Scuti is 5 billion times that of the sun.

4. The distance from Earth is over 9,500 light years.

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Greatest Star questions and answers


What would happen if you put UY Scuti instead of the Sun?

If UY Scutki were to be placed in the center of the solar system, its surface would swallow everything up to Saturn’s orbit.

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