UY SCUTI

UY Scuti is a red Supergiant Star in the constellation Scutum. It is considered one of the largest known star by the radius of our visible universe. It is also a member of our Milky way galaxy. UY Scuti was discovered by an German astronomer at the Bonn Observatory in 1860. Previously UY Scuti was known as BD-12°5055. UY Scuti is also a pulsating variable star, with a maximum brightness of magnitude 8.29 and a minimum of magnitude 10.56.The distance of UY Scuti from our earth is 9,500 light years(approximately). It has an estimated radius 1.188×10⁹ KM. If placed at the center of the Solar System, its photosphere would at least engulf the orbit of Jupiter.

Characteristics:-

UY Scuti is a dust-enshrouded bright red supergiant and is classified as a semiregular variable with an approximate pulsation period of 740 days.

Supernova:-

            Based on current models of stellar evolution, UY Scuti has begun to fuse helium.

UY scuti is around 40 solar masses. Also, considering the fact that UY scuti is a red giant. It will mostly turn out to be a black hole after the violent process of core collapse, in around million years from now.