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IRAS 04509-6922

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IRAS 04509-6922 is a red supergiant star in the Large Magellanic Cloud.[1]

IRAS 04509-6922’s minimum radius is 1,027 solar radii (1,430,286,468 km) (1,430,286,468,000 m).

IRAS 04509-6922’s maximum radius is 2,249 solar radii (3,132,146,316 km) (3,132,146,316,000 m), making it even larger than Stephenson 2-18 and making it the 3rd largest known star, only smaller than V1943 Sagittarii (2,361 solar radii) and WOH G17 (2,955 solar radii).[2]

  1. "1999IAUS..191..567V Page 567". adsabs.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  2. "1999IAUS..191..567V Page 567". adsabs.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-27.