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Stars Bigger Than The Sun

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

OUR SUN

MOST PEOPLE THINK THE SUN IS THE BIGGEST STAR BECAUSE IT'S SO CLOSE TO THE EARTH
Photo by VinothChandar

STARS

100 TIMES BIGGER THAN THE SUN
Photo by Skiwalker79

FACTS

OUR SUN IS A MEDIUM SIZE STAR

OTHER STARS

  • Millions of stars are bigger than our sun
  • Other starts are 320 times the size of our sun
  • Sirius, Pollux, Arcturus (Stars)
  • The R136a1 star nearly shines 10 million
  • times the brightness of our sun
Photo by Werner Kunz

THE BIGGEST KNOWN STARS

  • WESTERLUND - 1,951 to 2544 times bigger than our sun
  • UY Scuti 1,708 times bigger than our sun
  • NML Cygni 1,650 times bigger than our sun
Photo by ecstaticist