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Largest Star Comparison With Our Sun. #shorts

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Stephenson 2-18 (St2-18) is a red supergiant located in the constellation Scutum in the southern sky. 

It is the current record holder for the largest star known, with a size 2,150 times that of the Sun. 

which would correspond to a volume nearly 10 billion times that of the Sun. 

Taking this estimate as correct, a quantum of light travelling at the speed of light would take nearly 9 hours to go around its surface, compared to 14.5 seconds for the Sun.

The star is located at a distance of 18,900 light years from Earth. 

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