// // Name: List of largest known stars // Author: Alexander Wolf // License: Public Domain // Version: 1.1 // Description: This script helps you make an excursion around largest known stars. // include("i18n.inc"); // HIP, FOV, Name, Solar radii, Note var largeststar = [[117078, 1.0, tr("PZ Cassiopeiae"), 1565, tr("PZ Cas is located in a region with heavy dust extinction.\nThe quoted size is the average size parameter, the true\nvalue is from 1,340-1,940.")], [ 88838, 1.0, tr("VX Sagittarii"), 1520, tr("VX Sgr is a pulsating variable with a large visual range\nand varies significantly in size.")], [ 108317, 5.0, tr("VV Cephei A"), 1475, tr("VV Cep A is a highly distorted star in a binary system,\nlosing mass to its B-type companion VV Cephei B for at least\npart of its orbit.")], [ 110504, 1.0, tr("RW Cephei"), 1435, tr("RW Cep is variable both in brightness (by at least a factor\nof 3) and spectral type (observed from G8 to M), thus\nprobably also in diameter.")], [ 35793, 0.2, tr("VY Canis Majoris"), 1420, tr("Once thought to be a red hypergiant star so large that it\ncontradicted stellar evolutionary theory, improved measurements\nand estimates have brought it down to size.")], [ 84071, 0.4, tr("AH Scorpii"), 1411, tr("AH Sco is variable by nearly 3 magnitudes in the visual range,\nand an estimated 20% in total luminosity. The variation in diameter\nis not clear because the temperature also varies.")], [ 67261, 0.2, tr("V766 Centauri A"), 1316, tr("V766 Centauri A is a highly distorted star in a close binary system,\nlosing mass to the secondary.")], [ 87433, 0.5, tr("KW Sagittarii"), 1235, ""], [ 100404, 0.8, tr("BC Cygni"), 1140, ""], [ 52562, 0.2, tr("RT Carinae"), 1090, ""], [ 27989, 10.0, tr("Betelgeuse"), 1075, tr("Ninth brightest star in the night sky.")], [ 107259, 5.0, tr("Mu Cephei (Herschel's \"Garnet Star\")"), 1035, ""], [ 11093, 2.0, tr("S Persei"), 1005, tr("In the Perseus Double Cluster.")], [ 101023, 0.7, tr("RW Cygni"), 980, ""], [ 80763, 5.0, tr("Antares A"), 883, ""], [ 64094, 1.5, tr("Theta Muscae"), 878, ""], [ 104029, 1.0, tr("V1749 Cygni"), 830, ""], [ 117763, 0.3, tr("TZ Cassiopeiae"), 800, ""], [ 52991, 0.4, tr("IX Carinae"), 790, ""], [ 29416, 1.3, tr("TV Geminorum"), 770, ""], [ 104451, 1.3, tr("T Cephei"), 742, ""], [ 54283, 0.5, tr("V382 Carinae"), 700, tr("Yellow hypergiant, one of the rarest types of star.")], [ 113561, 0.5, tr("V509 Cassiopeiae"),650, tr("Yellow hypergiant, one of the rarest types of star.")], [ 25945, 0.5, tr("CE Tauri (\"Ruby Star\")"), 608, tr("Can be occulted by the Moon, allowing accurate determination\nof its apparent diameter.")], [ 23203, 1.0, tr("R Leporis (\"Hind's Crimson Star\")"), 500, tr("One of the largest carbon stars existent in the Milky Way Galaxy.")], [ 84345, 5.0, tr("Alpha Herculis (\"Ras Algethi\")"), 460, ""], [ 117863, 1.8, tr("Rho Cassiopeiae"), 450, tr("A yellow hypergiant, one of the rarest types of a star.")], [ 10826, 0.5, tr("Mira A (Omicron Ceti)"), 400, tr("Prototype Mira variable")], [ 21479, 1.5, tr("R Doradus"), 370, tr("Star with the second largest apparent size after the Sun.")], [ 62223, 1.0, tr("La Superba (Y Canum Venaticorum)"), 215, tr("One of the coolest and reddest known stars.")], [ 102098, 5.0, tr("Deneb (Alpha Cygni)"), 203, tr("19th brightest star in the night sky.")], [ 24436, 20.0, tr("Rigel A (Beta Orionis A)"), 78, tr("Seventh brightest star in the night sky.")], [ 30438, 20.0, tr("Canopus (Alpha Carinae)"), 65, tr("Second brightest star in the night sky.")], [ 21421, 20.0, tr("Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri)"), 44.2, ""], [ 108317, 0.5, tr("VV Cephei B"), 10, tr("The B-type main sequence companion of VV Cephei A.")] ]; var color="#00AAFF"; core.clear("starchart"); GridLinesMgr.setFlagEquatorGrid(false); core.setGuiVisible(false); ConstellationMgr.setFlagArt(false); ConstellationMgr.setFlagBoundaries(false); ConstellationMgr.setFlagLines(false); ConstellationMgr.setFlagLabels(false); core.wait(3); var vshift = 30; var vstart = 90; for (i=0; i