{"id":185,"date":"2026-07-25T13:15:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T18:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thestarguru.com\/?p=185"},"modified":"2026-07-25T13:15:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T18:15:01","slug":"ky-cygni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestarguru.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/25\/ky-cygni\/","title":{"rendered":"KY Cygni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KY Cygni is a red hypergiant star in the constellation Cygnus. It is one of the largest known stars, with a radius of over 1,032 Solar Radii. It would be one of the brightest stars in the night sky if it weren’t for the dust surrounding it. KY Cygni also boasts a slow irregular variable star designation. KY Cygni is located near the Cooling tower cluster but is not a member. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Astronomical data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Radius (in Solar Radii): 1,032 R<\/em>\u2609<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diameter (in Kilometers): 1,436,544,000 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mass (in Solar Masses): 19 M<\/var>\u2609<\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Distance (in Light Years): 4,680 ly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spectral type: M3 Ia (Red)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gallery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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KY Cygni compared to Betelgeuse<\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KY Cygni is a red hypergiant star in the constellation Cygnus. It is one of the largest known stars, with a radius of over 1,032 Solar Radii. It would be one of the brightest stars in the night sky if it weren’t for the dust surrounding it. KY Cygni also boasts a slow irregular variable star designation. KY Cygni is… Continue reading KY Cygni<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,7,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-red-hypergiant-stars","category-stars","category-stars-in-the-constellation-cygnus","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestarguru.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestarguru.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestarguru.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestarguru.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestarguru.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thestarguru.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188,"href":"https:\/\/thestarguru.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions\/188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestarguru.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestarguru.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestarguru.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestarguru.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}