Cool, swollen, luminous stars that have used up the hydrogen in their cores, ranging from red giants such as Arcturus to red supergiants and hypergiants such as Betelgeuse and Antares. A star belongs here when its cited article calls it a red giant, supergiant or hypergiant. Members are placed here from their own cited Wikipedia articles, each with a verbatim supporting quotation, so a reader can check why an entry sits in this group. The grouping forms part of the browse path for this section of the atlas.
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Red Giants and Supergiants
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Betelgeuse (Wikipedia)
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Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star in the equatorial constellation of Orion.
Arcturus (Wikipedia)
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Arcturus is a red giant star in the northern constellation of Boötes, and the brightest star in the constellation.
Aldebaran (Wikipedia)
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Aldebaran (Arabic: الدَّبَرَان, lit. 'The Follower') is a red giant star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus.
UY Scuti (Wikipedia)
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UY Scuti (BD-12°5055) is a red supergiant or hypergiant star, located 5,900 light-years away in the constellation Scutum.
VY Canis Majoris (Wikipedia)
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VY Canis Majoris (abbreviated to VY CMa) is an extreme oxygen-rich red hypergiant or red supergiant (O-rich RHG or RSG) and pulsating variable star 1.2 kiloparsecs (3,900 light-years) from the Solar System in the slightly southern constellation of Canis Major.
Wikipedia: Pollux (star)
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This is an orange-hued, evolved red giant located at a distance of 34 light-years, making it the closest red giant (and giant star) to the Sun.
Bellatrix (Wikipedia)
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Bellatrix is the third-brightest star in the constellation of Orion, positioned 5° west of the red supergiant Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis).
Antares (Wikipedia)
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Antares is a red supergiant, a large evolved massive star
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