Talk:List of star extremes

Least massive neutron star
There is currently no entry for "Least massive neutron star". This paper suggests that it was PSR J0737-3039B as of May 2004. Can this be added? I've not entered references before so if someone can do this I would be grateful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GeorgeDishman (talk • contribs) 09:11, 31 August 2017 (UTC)
 * It's been a year, I've added the data.George Dishman (talk) 12:36, 29 August 2018 (UTC)

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Star with the highest radial velocity
Isn't the star with the highest radial velocity SDSS J1229+1122? It's the farthest known star, and at intergalactic distances, the radial velocity is determined by the distance due to the expansion of the Universe. Loooke (talk) 20:15, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Proposed merge
I propose to merge List of extremes in the sky into this article. The other article has problems of scope – despite its title it is confined to star data, just like this one. The only parts proper to merge are the table at Location (the following text looks like original research); the entry for "brightest absolute magnitude" if this is in fact different from "most luminous star"; and the see-also section (a useful List of lists) Bhunacat10 (talk),  12:01, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Support everything can be covered by combined article Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:11, 2 May 2019 (UTC)
 * The creator of List of extremes in the sky supports the proposal Bhunacat10  (talk),  08:32, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Support Sounds a good idea to me.  ZaperaWiki44 (✉/Contribs) 13:00, 28 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment the title of the other list is a bad title to redirect here, there are other lists of extremes for the sky in other articles, so perhaps moving it List of extremes in the sky for stars without leaving a redirect at its old name, should be done regardless of whether it is merged or not. (if it is merged, the edit history and post-merge redirect would occupy the new name, with the old name being a redlink) -- 67.70.33.184 (talk) 17:14, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Support I agree. Should be combined into a single article. -Crazydaemon1 (talk) 01:06, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅ Klbrain (talk) 11:38, 6 July 2020 (UTC)

Outdated statements
The largest known star is no longer VY Cma but UY Scuti. It needs to be updated in the page. 212.186.0.174 (talk) 12:41, 17 July 2019 (UTC)

What do we do about the "largest star' section ?
Since we don't know what the largest star is, and because all of the largest stars have many uncertainties, I feel like removing this section. What are your thoughts?--The Space Enthusiast (talk) 05:02, 3 April 2022 (UTC)


 * There is no "largest star" section, there is a section on size and mass, but that also includes the smallest ones. And there is no uncertainty that the Sun is the largest star by apparent size. Nothing else shows a naked-eye disc. Further, the largest apparent size extrasolar star would necessarily be a nearby star, so I don't see a good reason for deleting that either, and those should be abled to be nailed down much more accurately.
 * We have two entire list articles for the topic List of largest known stars and List of most massive stars. As those articles exist, then we could just refer to those lists, with a "there is much uncertainty, see the list article for more information" in the table entry, for the table entry for largest diameter and most mass.
 * In that case, we would still have table entries for largest diameter and most mass, it just would refer to the list articles.
 * Or are you referring to the section "Most massive stars by type" ? That could be moved over the to the other article List of most massive stars, which would gain a section for stars by type
 * -- 65.92.246.142 (talk) 20:49, 3 April 2022 (UTC)