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HR 5171 is a yellow hypergiant star, and the largest of its type. Its size is over 1,300 (or 1,500) times larger and 630,000 times brighter than the Sun. It is orbited by a smaller yellow hypergiant and blue star.

  • HR 5171A

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  • V766CenLightCurve

    A visual band light curve for V766 Centauri. The main plot shows the long-term variability, and the inset plot shows the variation during the orbital period. Adapted from Chesneau et al. (2014)

  • The field around yellow hypergiant star HR 5171

    Combined optical and infrared image of HR 5171 (ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2)

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: V766 Centauri para niños

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