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There are a number of red super-giant stars. One of the "closest" is Betelgeuse, at about 550 light years away. Betelgeuse is the red star at the shoulder of Orion the Hunter.
A red giant star.
A star is considered "dead" when nuclear fusion stops in its core. The name of the a star before this happens depends on its size. If its a star the size of our own, Sol, then it will be called a red giant. If it is considerably lager then it will be called either a giant, bright giant, super giant or hyper giant. This again depends on its size.
Red giant is a type of star.
first its called the main sequence star like the sun then it becomes a red giant then it becomes a red super giant and if it is huge a hyper-giant like VY Canis Majoris (largest star known) then it explodes and it becomes a planetary nebula then it becomes a white dwarf
it would be red , bigger , and and grow until it is a red giant , a red super giant , or a hyper-giant
Proxima centauri is the closest red dwarf star and is the closest star
Gamma Crucis (Gacrux) is the closest red giant to us, at a distance of about 88 light years.However, semantics aside, Arcturus is probably the closest red giant to us at a distance of about 36 light years. Although it has a spectral class of K1 putting it as an upper limit orange giant, some texts do refer to it as a red giant.
The closest red giant to Earth is a star named Gacrux (also called Gamma Crucis). It is 88 light years away from us and can be seen in the constellation of the Southern Cross.
Yes, UY Scuti is a red supergiant star, which is a type of star that is larger and brighter than a red giant star.
Betelgeuse is a red giant.
Its justa red giant or supergiant