Stephenson 2-18

September 9, 2021

Stephenson 2-18 (St2-18) is a red supergiant star located in the scutum constellation. Also known as Stephenson 2-DFK 1 and RSGC2-18. Stephenson 2-18 is currently the largest known star in the universe. This is also the most luminous red supergiants we know of (with a surface temperature of 3,200 K, it shines with about 440,000…