VV Cephei

VV Cephei is a eclipsing binary star in the Cepheus constellation. It is 5,000 light years from Earth.

A now outdated comparison of star sizes, with VV Cephei A as the second largest in the 6th slide.

(Outdated) The Sun compared to VV Cephei A.

VV Cephei A is one of the largest known stars, being a red supergiant. Its diameter is more than a thousand times that of the Sun. It is orbited by VV Cephei B, a blue star with 13–25 times the Solar radius. If VV Cephei A were placed in the center of our Solar System, its radius would reach past the orbit of Mars and the asteroid belt.

Related pages

• T Cephei
• MY Cephei
• Mu Cephei
• V354 Cephei
• RW Cephei
• VY Canis Majoris
• U Lacertae