The red
hypergiant star WOH G64 has a broad number of emission lines in its spectrum including H[alpha], H[beta], [O I], [N I], [S II], [N II], and [O III] [5].
Washington, March 13 ( ANI ): Researchers using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) have found the largest yellow
hypergiant star HR 5171 A - 1300 times the diameter of the Sun and much bigger than was expected.
* VY Canis Majoris, a red
hypergiant star with 40 times the Sun's mass, is sometimes cited as the largest star known, larger than the orbit of Jupiter.
Rho ([rho]) Cassiopeiae is a
hypergiant star located about 10,000 light-years away.
Technically,
hypergiant stars have a luminosity class of 0, while UY Set is la, the highest luminosity class for supergiants.