VV Cephei, also known as HD 208816, is an eclipsing binary star system located in the constellation Cepheus. It is both a B[e] star and shell star. VV...

hypergiant, together with the red supergiants Mu Cephei, MY Cephei, VV Cephei, V381 Cephei, and V354 Cephei are among the largest stars known. In addition...

Viva Air Perú (former IATA code: VV), a former Ukrainian airline v/v (volume by volume), the volume fraction VV Cephei, a star system Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov...

119 Tauri. Examples of eclipsing binaries are Epsilon Aurigae (Almaaz), VV Cephei, and V766 Centauri (HR 5171). Angular diameter measurements can be inconsistent...

Mu Cephei (Latinized from μ Cephei, abbreviated Mu Cep or μ Cep), also known as Herschel's Garnet Star, Erakis, or HD 206936, is a red supergiant or hypergiant...

blue stars Spica and Rigel, the red supergiants Betelgeuse, Antares, and VV Cephei A; the yellow hypergiant Rho Cassiopeiae; the luminous blue variable Eta...

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than other famous red supergiants such as Antares A, Betelgeuse, VV Cephei A, Mu Cephei, VY Canis Majoris, WOH G64, and UY Scuti. Nevertheless, its size...

known hypergiants in this constellation, Me Cephei and VV Cephei. The bolometric luminosity of ST Cephei is 8,400 times greater than that of the Sun....

Philip D. (2008-09-01). "Spatial Extension in the Ultraviolet Spectrum of Vv Cephei". The Astronomical Journal. 136 (3): 1312–1324. Bibcode:2008AJ....136...

Mu Cephei 1.9 × 1012 meters 1.9 × 1012 meters KY Cygni 2 × 1012 meters 2 × 1012 meters V354 Cephei 2.1 × 1012 meters 2.1 × 1012 meters VV Cephei A 2...

Population III stars. Such stars would dwarf VY Canis Majoris, Mu Cephei and VV Cephei A, three among the largest known modern stars. Once the black hole...

Size comparison of some well-known supergiant and hypergiant stars, featuring Cygnus OB2-12, V382 Carinae, Betelgeuse, VV Cephei, and VY Canis Majoris...

to their large size. Red supergiants like Betelgeuse, Antares, Mu Cephei, VV Cephei, and VY Canis Majoris one of the biggest stars in the Universe, are...

5171 A, a yellow hypergiant star. 1.5 Tm – 10 au – estimated diameter of VV Cephei A, a red supergiant with a blue dwarf companion. 2 Tm – 13.2 au – estimated...

light-years from Earth. ν Cephei is a member of the Cepheus OB2 stellar association, which includes stars such as μ Cephei and VV Cephei. It began life as an...

binary with components Aa and Ab orbiting every 280 years. It forms a VV Cephei-type binary system with a hot companion which is accreting mass from the...

supergiant stars in the Milky Way are class M stars, such as VY Canis Majoris, VV Cephei, Antares, and Betelgeuse. Furthermore, some larger, hotter brown dwarfs...

red supergiants, such as VV Cephei A and the peculiar star VY Canis Majoris at 1,200–1,900 R☉ and more than 3,000 R☉. V354 Cephei, based on a MARCS model...

of the Sun. These are hence also referred to as red hypergiants: Mu Cephei VV Cephei A NML Cygni S Persei UY Scuti VY Canis Majoris Westerlund 1 W26 WOH...

red supergiants, with radii on the order of 1,000 to 2,000 R☉. Mu Cephei VV Cephei A NML Cygni S Persei VY Canis Majoris - potentially the largest star...

Sirius 4. Sirius < Pollux < Arcturus < Aldebaran 5. Aldebaran < Rigel < Antares < Betelgeuse 6. Betelgeuse < Mu Cephei < VV Cephei A < VY Canis Majoris....

notably includes evolved blue and red supergiants such as Nu Cephei, Mu Cephei, and VV Cephei. van Leeuwen, F. (2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction"...

stellar association Cepheus OB2, located one degree south-southwest of VV Cephei. NGC 7160 is a young cluster, whose age is estimated to be between 10...

peculiarity of numerous bright lines. It appears similar to the spectrum of VV Cephei (HR 8383), an eclipsing binary. P. Swings and O. Struve in 1941 discovered...

completing a doctorate in astronomy in 1962. His thesis was titled "The system VV cephei," and his doctoral advisor was Dean Benjamin McLaughlin. His thesis work...

Delta Cephei (itself the prototype) and Polaris are Cepheid variables and yellow supergiants. Antares and VV Cephei A are red supergiants. μ Cephei is considered...

Size comparison of supergiant and hypergiant stars, including Cygnus OB2 #12, V382 Carinae, Betelgeuse, VV Cephei, and VY Canis Majoris...

blue variable (LBV). This is the star Zeta puppis. The red supergiant VV Cephei stars were defined as a class by Bidelman in 1954. In this artist's conception...

Pavlovski, K. (2021). "A β Cephei pulsator and a changing orbital inclination in the high-mass eclipsing binary system VV Orionis". Monthly Notices of...