UY Scuti is a reid supergiant starn in the Scutum constellation. It is ane o the lairgest kent starns bi radius at 1,708 ± 192 solar radii, corresponding tae the diameter o 2,375,828,000 kilometers.[2] If placed at the centre o the Solar seestem, UY Scuti can engulf aw the planets aw the wey tae Jupiter, filling mair nor halfway throu Saturn's orbit. It haes a volume o approximately 5 billion times that o the Sun.

UY Scuti
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Scutum
Richt ascension 18h 27m 36.5334s[1]
Declination −12° 27′ 58.866″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 9.0[1]
Chairactereestics
Spectral type M4Ia C[1]
B−V colour index 2.6[1]
Variable teep Semiregular[1]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: 1.3[1] mas/yr
Dec.: -1.6[1] mas/yr
Details
Mass32 M
Radius1,708 ±192 R
Luminosity340,000 [2] L
Ither designations
V* UY Sct, BD-12 5055, IRC -10422, RAFGL 2162[1]
Database references
SIMBADdata

References eedit

  1. a b c d e f g h i "SIMBAD query result". Basic data for V* UY Sct.
  2. a b Arroyo-Torres, B.; Wittkowski, M.; Marcaide, J. M.; Hauschildt, P. H. (Juin 2013). "The atmospheric structure and fundamental parameters of the red supergiants AH Scorpii, UY Scuti, and KW Sagittarii". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 554 (A76). arXiv:1305.6179. Bibcode:2013A&A...554A..76A. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220920.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors leet (link)