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Hypergiants are super luminous supergiants. It isn't all about sheer size. Eta Carinae is a hypergiant but it is smaller than the supergiant Antares. This is due to the fact that Eta Carinae is about 60 times as luminous as Antares and 10 times as massive. Although size doesn't matter, the largest star VY Canis Majoris is a Hypergiant.

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What is the name of the giant red star that is much bigger than your sun?

A Red Giant Stars that are much bigger than the sun are the giants and of course the super giants, which are the stars with the biggest size. If you want a specific one, Betelgeuse or Antares would be good choices.


Most of the stars in the main sequence are to the lower right of the sun what can you conclude about the brightness of these stars and their temperatures?

Main Sequence stars can be any spectral class of star. Something that might help you in the future is when you look up a star and see its spectral class, its always followed by a roman numeral to define where the star is in its life and size and they go as follows. I-a= A hyper Giant Star I-b= A very bright Super Giant star I= A normal Super Giant star II= Bright Giant star III= Giant star IV= Sub Giant star V= Dwarf Star(which this is where most main sequence stars fall into, While a main sequence star could also be one of the classifications listed above. it just depends on its spectral class. for example the star Deneb is in its main sequence still and its classified as a hyper giant) VI= Sub Dwarfs (this is a very rare classification and are mostly used for brown dwarfs. I hope this helps mate.


What color is super giant the star?

A supergiant star can have different colors depending on its temperature. A hotter supergiant star will appear blue or white, while a cooler supergiant star will appear red or orange.


Which characteristic best describes the star Betelgeuse?

Red super giant.


Supergiant star in Orion?

Its famous super giant star is Betelgeuse, a red giant and very noticeably red when you look at it. It is in the top left corner of Orion.

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What do you call a star that is bigger then a regular one?

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


When a star collapses does it get bigger?

that depends on how large the red or super red giant was. if it was a super red giant that is 1000X larger than a red giant. it will become a black hole


What is older the super giant star or the giant star?

The giant star


What is the name of a star that is about to die?

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.


What super giant star in the milky way is approximately 800 times bigger than the sun?

Antares


What is the closest red hyper giant star?

VV Cephei


Is the blue giant star the hottest star Why?

Cygnus ob2 no.12, a hyper star is & also the biggest.


Are stars far away bigger than the sun?

The sun is a star itself. The sun is actually a very small star. There are stars that are WAY bigger then the sun.Like the VY Canis majoris star. The sun is invisible compared to that super giant star.


What star is super giant star?

Hypergiant.


Who is the bigger the big giant star or the sun?

A giant star is smaller than the sun.


What are super-giant star?

super giants are a very very big star


What is the super giant star called?

A Super Nova.