A star is a massive luminous spheroid astronomical object made of plasma that is held together by its own gravity.
Stars exhibit great diversity in their properties (such as mass, volume, velocity, stage in stellar evolution, and distance from Earth) and some of the outliers are so disproportionate in comparison with the general population that they are considered extreme.
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12.9 Gly 13.6 Gly (light travel distance)34 Gly (proper distance) (Alpha Centauri C) Respective radii:
WOH G64 was the previous candidate[51] but was later found to be a smaller yellow hypergiant.