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SEA | The Largest Star: Stephenson 2-18 (2021)

Stars come in a wide range of sizes, but how do we calculate a star's size to determine which is the biggest? In this episode of OOTW, we will find out how stars are measured to determine their mind-blowing sizes, and above all, which of them are the largest stars.

2021-02-11 19:00:00 - SEA

00:00 - Introduction

01:04 - What Are Stars?

05:40 - How Stars Become Huge

09:38 - Problems with Direct Measurements

11:31 - Parallax

13:01 - Indirectly Measuring Stars

15:33 - VY Canis Majoris

18:30 - UY Scuti

22:59 - Stephenson 2-18

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