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The following list include the largest stars by their apparent size as seen from Earth. In more technical terms, it include the largest stars by angular diameter. The unit of measurement is the milliarcsecond (mas), equivalent to 10×10−3 arcseconds. Stars with angular diameters larger than 13 milliarcseconds are included.


List of largest stars by apparent size (angular diameter)
Name Angular diameter
(mas) 		Angular diameter type Distance
(light-years) 		Spectral type[1] Notes
R Doradus 51.18±1.24[2] LD

179±10[2]

M8III:e The largest star by angular diameter.
Betelgeuse
(α Orionis) 		42.28±0.43[3] LD

408–540+98
−49[3]

M1-M2Ia-Iab
Antares
(α Scorpii A) 		37.31±0.09[4] LD 553.5±93.9[5] M1.5Iab
Rasalgethi
(α Herculis) 		36.026±0.439[6] LD 359±52[5] M5Ib-II
Mira
(ο Ceti) 		28.9±0.3 – 34.9±0.4[7] Ross 299±33[5] M5-M9IIIe The angular diameter vary during Mira's pulsations.
R Hydrae 23.7±1[8] ? 482±33[8] M6-9e
Arcturus
(α Boötis) 		21.06±0.17[9] LD 36.8[9] K1.5IIIFe-0.5
π1 Gruis 21[10] ? 535[10] S5,7
Aldebaran
(α Tauri) 		20.58[11]–21.1[6] LD 65.3±1[12] K5+III
GY Aquilae 20.46[8] ? 1108±98[8] M8
R Lyrae 18.016±0.224[6] LD 310+10
−7 		M4.5III
Scheat
(β Pegasi) 		17.98±0.18[6] LD 196±2[13] M2.5II-III
SW Virginis 16.11±0.13–16.8±0.34[13] UD 527±46.9[14] M7III:
Gorgonea Tertia
(ρ Persei) 		16.555±0.166[6] LD 308±7[5] M4+IIIa
R Aquarii 15.61±0.8 – 16.59±1.03[13] LD 711+39
−36[15] 		M6.5–M8.5e
g Herculis 15.2±0.5 – 19.09±0.19[13] LD 385±10[16] M6-III
RS Cancri 15.1±0.5 – 17.2±0.4[6] LD 490±40[17] M6S
Tejat
(μ Geminorum) 		15.118±0.151[6] LD 230±10[5] M3IIIab
R Leonis Minoris 14.4±0.87[13] LD 942+33
−47[16] 		M6.5-9e
S Cephei 14.29±2.28[13] LD 1591+49
−46[16] 		C7,3e
T Cassiopeiae 14.22±0.73[13] LD 893+49
−46[16] 		M7-9e
Mirach
(β Andromedae) 		13.749±0.137[6] LD 199±9[18] M0+IIIa
Menkar
(α Ceti) 		13.238±0.056[6] LD 249±8[5] M1.5IIIa
V Cygni 13.1±0.208 – 14.84±2.37[13] LD 1747+163
−137[16] 		C7,4eJ
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