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The Question
(Submitted April 21, 1998)
What is the largest known star and how big is it in
relation to our Sun.
The Answer
The largest known star (in terms of mass and brightness) is in the Pistol
Nebula. It is believed to be 100 times as massive as our Sun, and
10,000,000 times as bright.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap971008.html
David Palmer
for Ask an Astrophysicist
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