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VX Sagittarii

Index VX Sagittarii

VX Sagittarii is a red supergiant or red hypergiant located more than 1.5 kiloparsec away from the Sun in the constellation of Sagittarius. [1]

7 relations: Hypergiant, List of largest stars, List of semiregular variable stars, List of variable stars, Long-period variable star, Red supergiant star, Supergiant star.

Hypergiant

A hypergiant (luminosity class 0 or Ia+) is among the very rare kinds of stars that typically show tremendous luminosities and very high rates of mass loss by stellar winds.

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List of largest stars

Below is an ordered list of the largest stars currently known by radius.

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List of semiregular variable stars

This is a list of semiregular variable stars.

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List of variable stars

There are over 41,638 known variable stars (2008), with more being discovered regularly, so a complete list of every single variable is impossible at this place (cf. GCVS).

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Long-period variable star

The descriptive term long-period variable star refers to various groups of cool luminous pulsating variable stars.

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Red supergiant star

Red supergiants are stars with a supergiant luminosity class (Yerkes class I) of spectral type K or M. They are the largest stars in the universe in terms of volume, although they are not the most massive or luminous.

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Supergiant star

Supergiants are among the most massive and most luminous stars.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VX_Sagittarii

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