Supergiant
Supergiants are among the most massive and most luminous stars. They occupy the top region of the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram with bolometric absolute magnitudes between −5 and −12 and temperatures from about 3,500K to over 20,000K.
Uses material from the Wikipedia article "Supergiant", which is released under the Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0.| Astronomical object | Distance | Wiki | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AG Carinae | Blue supergiant | W | 17167 | [x] |
| Alpha Cygni | Supergiant | A | 1412 | [x] |
| Aludra | Blue supergiant | B | 1989 | [x] |
| Betelgeuse | Red supergiant | M | 498 | [x] |
| Epsilon Orionis | Blue supergiant | B | 1976 | [x] |
| Eta Carina | Blue supergiant | 8988 | ||
| Eta Carinae | Blue supergiant | O | 7700 | [x] |
| HD 167971 | Blue supergiant | O | 2160 | |
| HD 218915 | Blue supergiant | O | 2490 | [x] |
| HD 75222 | Blue supergiant | O | 2364 | |
| HIP 101341 | Blue supergiant | O | 2146 | |
| HIP 62918 | Red supergiant | M | 6492 | |
| HIP 82691 | Blue supergiant | O | 4056 | |
| HR 6272 | Blue supergiant | O | 2265 | |
| KY Cygni | Red supergiant | M | 5000 | [x] |
| Rigel | Blue supergiant | B | 863 | [x] |
| RS Persei | Red supergiant | M | 7670 | [x] |
| S Persei | Red supergiant | M | ... | [x] |
| Saiph | Blue supergiant | B | 647 | [x] |
| V1357 Cygni | Blue supergiant | O | 7500 | [x] |
| V361 Carinae | Red supergiant | M | 7793 | |
| V403 Persei | Red supergiant | M | 7611 | |
| V439 Persei | Red supergiant | M | 7669 | |
| VY Canis Majoris | Red supergiant | M | 1833 | [x] |