HR 5171
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hr-5171-175-5249182
title:
HR 5171
text:
HR 5171, also known as V766 Centauri, is a yellow hypergiant in the constellation Centaurus. It is said to be either an extreme red supergiant (RSG) or recent post-red supergiant (Post-RSG) yellow hypergiant (YHG), both of which suggest it is one of the largest known stars. The star's diameter is uncertain but likely to be between 1,100 and 1,600 times that of the Sun. It is 3.6 kpc from Earth. A 2014 publication hypothesized the star to be a contact binary, sharing a common envelope of material
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Star in the constellation Centaurus
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HR_5171
date created:
2014-01-20T22:16:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T01:40:55Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Centaurus_constellation_map.svg","width":320,"height":320}
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13
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16