This is a list of the nearest supergiant stars (luminosity class Ia, Iab or Ib) to Earth, located at a distance of up to 1,100 light-years (340 parsecs) from Earth.
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↑ 7.07.17.2Moravveji, Ehsan; Guinan, Edward F.; Khosroshahi, Habib; Wasatonic, Rick (2013). "THE AGE AND MASS OF THE α HERCULIS TRIPLE-STAR SYSTEM FROM a MESA GRID OF ROTATING STARS WITH 1.3 ⩽ M / M☉⩽ 8.0". The Astronomical Journal146 (6): 148. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/6/148.
↑ 11.011.111.211.311.411.511.611.711.8Lyubimkov, Leonid S.; Lambert, David L.; Rostopchin, Sergey I.; Rachkovskaya, Tamara M.; Poklad, Dmitry B. (2010-02-21). "Accurate Fundamental Parameters or A-, F-, and G-type Supergiants in the Solar Neighbourhood". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society402 (2): 1369–1379. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15979.x. Bibcode: 2010MNRAS.402.1369L.
↑Jorissen, A.; Boffin, H. M. J.; Karinkuzhi, D.; Van Eck, S.; Escorza, A.; Shetye, S.; Van Winckel, H. (2019-06-01). "Barium and related stars, and their white-dwarf companions I. Giant stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics626: A127. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834630. ISSN0004-6361. Bibcode: 2019A&A...626A.127J.
↑ 16.016.116.216.316.4Neuhäuser, R; Torres, G; Mugrauer, M; Neuhäuser, D L; Chapman, J; Luge, D; Cosci, M (2022-07-29). "Colour evolution of Betelgeuse and Antares over two millennia, derived from historical records, as a new constraint on mass and age". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society516 (1): 693–719. doi:10.1093/mnras/stac1969. ISSN0035-8711.
↑ 17.017.117.2Joyce, Meridith; Leung, Shing-Chi; Molnár, László; Ireland, Michael J.; Kobayashi, Chiaki; Nomoto, Ken'ichi (2020-10-13). "Standing on the shoulders of giants: New mass and distance estimates for Betelgeuse through combined evolutionary, asteroseismic, and hydrodynamical simulations with MESA". The Astrophysical Journal902 (1): 63. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/abb8db. ISSN1538-4357. Bibcode: 2020ApJ...902...63J.
↑Mittag, M.; Schröder, K.-P.; Perdelwitz, V.; Jack, D.; Schmitt, J. H. M. M. (2023). "Chromospheric activity and photospheric variation of α Ori during the great dimming event in 2020". Astronomy & Astrophysics669: A9. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202244924.
↑Kravchenko, K.; Jorissen, A.; Van Eck, S.; Merle, T.; Chiavassa, A.; Paladini, C.; Freytag, B.; Plez, B. et al. (2021-06-01). "Atmosphere of Betelgeuse before and during the Great Dimming event revealed by tomography". Astronomy & Astrophysics650: L17. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039801. ISSN0004-6361. Bibcode: 2021A&A...650L..17K.
↑Nicolet, B. (1978-10-01). "Catalogue of homogeneous data in the UBV photoelectric photometric system.". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series34: 1–49. ISSN0365-0138. Bibcode: 1978A&AS...34....1N.
↑ 22.022.122.2Nordgren, Tyler E.; Germain, M. E.; Benson, J. A.; Mozurkewich, D.; Sudol, J. J.; Elias, N. M. II; Hajian, Arsen R.; White, N. M. et al. (1999-12-01). "Stellar Angular Diameters of Late-Type Giants and Supergiants Measured with the Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer". The Astronomical Journal118 (6): 3032–3038. doi:10.1086/301114. ISSN0004-6256. Bibcode: 1999AJ....118.3032N.
↑Cousins, A. W. J. (1984-01-01). "Standardisation of broad band photometry of equatorial standards.". South African Astronomical Observatory Circular8: 59–67. Bibcode: 1984SAAOC...8...59C.
↑Baines, Ellyn K.; Armstrong, J. Thomas; Schmitt, Henrique R.; Zavala, R. T.; Benson, James A.; Hutter, Donald J.; Tycner, Christopher; van Belle, Gerard T. (2017-12-20). "Fundamental Parameters of 87 Stars from the Navy Precision Optical Interferometer". The Astronomical Journal155 (1): 30. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa9d8b. ISSN1538-3881.
↑ 25.025.1Johnson, H. L.; Mitchell, R. I.; Iriarte, B.; Wisniewski, W. Z. (1966-01-01). "UBVRIJKL Photometry of the Bright Stars". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory4: 99–110. Bibcode: 1966CoLPL...4...99J.
↑ 26.026.1Carpenter, Kenneth G.; Robinson, Richard D.; Harper, Graham M.; Bennett, Philip D.; Brown, Alexander; Mullan, Dermott J. (1999-08-10). "GHRS Observations of Cool, Low-Gravity Stars. V. The Outer Atmosphere and Wind of the Nearby K Supergiant λ Velorum*" (in en). The Astrophysical Journal521 (1): 382. doi:10.1086/307520. ISSN0004-637X. Bibcode: 1999ApJ...521..382C.
↑Ruban, E. V.; Alekseeva, G. A.; Arkharov, A. A.; Hagen-Thorn, E. I.; Galkin, V. D.; Nikanorova, I. N.; Novikov, V. V.; Pakhomov, V. P. et al. (2006-09-01). "Spectrophotometric observations of variable stars". Astronomy Letters32 (9): 604–607. doi:10.1134/S1063773706090052. ISSN1063-7737. Bibcode: 2006AstL...32..604R.
↑ 29.029.1Ohnaka, Keiichi; Hofmann, Karl-Heinz; Schertl, Dieter; Weigelt, Gerd; Baffa, Carlo; Chelli, Alain; Petrov, Romain; Robbe-Dubois, Sylvie (July 2013). "High spectral resolution imaging of the dynamical atmosphere of the red supergiant Antares in the CO first overtone lines with VLTI/AMBER". Astronomy & Astrophysics555: A24. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201321063. ISSN0004-6361. Bibcode: 2013A&A...555A..24O.
↑Kiss, L. L.; Szabo, Gy M.; Bedding, T. R. (2006-11-11). "Variability in red supergiant stars: pulsations, long secondary periods and convection noise". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society372 (4): 1721–1734. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10973.x. ISSN0035-8711. Bibcode: 2006MNRAS.372.1721K.
↑Breitfelder, Joanne; Kervella, Pierre; Mérand, Antoine; Gallenne, Alexandre; Szabados, Laszlo; Anderson, Richard; Willson, Matthew; Bouquin, Jean-Baptiste Le (April 2015). "Observational calibration of the projection factor of Cepheids I. The Type II Cepheid kappa Pavonis". Astronomy & Astrophysics576: A64. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201425171. ISSN0004-6361. Bibcode: 2015A&A...576A..64B.
↑Feast, Michael W.; Laney, Cliford D.; Kinman, Thomas D.; van Leeuwen, Floor; Whitelock, Patricia A. (June 2008). "The Luminosities and Distance Scales of Type II Cepheid and RR Lyrae variables". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society386 (4): 2115–2134. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13181.x. ISSN0035-8711. Bibcode: 2008MNRAS.386.2115F.
↑ 37.037.1Wielen, R.; Schwan, H.; Dettbarn, C.; Lenhardt, H.; Jahreiß, H.; Jährling, R. (1999-01-01). "Sixth Catalogue of Fundamental Stars (FK6). Part I. Basic fundamental stars with direct solutions.". Veroeffentlichungen des Astronomischen Rechen-Instituts Heidelberg35: 1. Bibcode: 1999VeARI..35....1W.
↑Crawford, D. L.; Barnes, J. V.; Golson, J. C. (1971-12-01). "Four-color, H-beta and UBV photometry for bright B-type stars in the northern hemisphere.". The Astronomical Journal76: 1058–1071. doi:10.1086/111220. ISSN0004-6256. Bibcode: 1971AJ.....76.1058C.
↑Houk, N.; Cowley, A. P. (1975-01-01). University of Michigan Catalogue of two-dimensional spectral types for the HD stars. Volume I. Declinations -90_ to -53_ƒ0.. Bibcode: 1975mcts.book.....H.
↑ 47.047.1Gaia Collaboration; Vallenari, A.; Brown, A. G. A.; Prusti, T.; de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Arenou, F.; Babusiaux, C.; Biermann, M. et al. (2022-07-30), Gaia Data Release 3: Summary of the content and survey properties, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940
↑Harper, Graham M.; Bennett, Philip D.; Brown, Alexander; Ayres, Thomas R.; Ohnaka, Keiichi; Griffin, Elizabeth (2022-06-27). "HST STIS Observations of ζ Aurigae A's Irradiated Atmosphere". The Astronomical Journal164 (1): 16. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac6feb. ISSN0004-6256. Bibcode: 2022AJ....164...16H.
↑Houk, N. (1982-01-01). Michigan Catalogue of Two-dimensional Spectral Types for the HD stars. Volume_3. Declinations -40_ƒ0 to -26_ƒ0.. Bibcode: 1982mcts.book.....H.
↑Gutierrez-Moreno, A. (1966). "A system of photometric standards". Publications of the Department of Astronomy University of Chile1. Bibcode: 1966PDAUC...1....1G.
↑Messineo, Maria; Brown, Anthony G. A. (2019-06-18). "A catalog of known Galactic K-M stars of class I, candidate RSGs, in Gaia DR2". The Astronomical Journal158 (1): 20. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab1cbd. ISSN1538-3881.
↑Levesque, Emily M.; Massey, Philip; Olsen, K. A. G.; Plez, Bertrand; Josselin, Eric; Maeder, Andre; Meynet, Georges (August 2005). "The Effective Temperature Scale of Galactic Red Supergiants: Cool, But Not As Cool As We Thought". The Astrophysical Journal628 (2): 973–985. doi:10.1086/430901. ISSN0004-637X. Bibcode: 2005ApJ...628..973L.
↑Moravveji, Ehsan; Guinan, Edward F.; Shultz, Matt; Williamson, Michael H.; Moya, Andres (2012-03-10). "Asteroseismology of the Nearby SN-II Progenitor: Rigel Part I. The MOST High Precision Photometry and Radial Velocity Monitoring". The Astrophysical Journal747 (2): 108. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/747/2/108. ISSN0004-637X.
↑Shultz, M.; Wade, G. A.; Petit, V.; Grunhut, J.; Neiner, C.; Hanes, D.; Collaboration, the MiMeS (2014-02-21). "An Observational Evaluation of Magnetic Confinement in the Winds of BA Supergiants". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society438 (2): 1114–1126. doi:10.1093/mnras/stt2260. ISSN0035-8711.
↑Ducati, J. R. (2002-01-01). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system.". VizieR Online Data Catalog. Bibcode: 2002yCat.2237....0D.
↑Guinan, Edward F.; Eaton, J. A.; Wasatonic, R.; Stewart, H.; Engle, S. G.; McCook, G. P. (2009-11-01). "Times-Series Photometry & Spectroscopy of the Bright Blue Supergiant Rigel: Probing the Atmosphere and Interior of a SN II Progenitor" (in en). Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union5 (H15): 359. doi:10.1017/S1743921310009798. ISSN1743-9221.
↑Benedict, G. Fritz; McArthur, B. E.; Fredrick, L. W.; Harrison, T. E.; Slesnick, C. L.; Rhee, J.; Patterson, R. J.; Skrutskie, M. F. et al. (September 2002). "Astrometry with Hubble Space Telescope: A Parallax of the Fundamental Distance Calibrator delta Cephei". The Astronomical Journal124 (3): 1695–1705. doi:10.1086/342014. Bibcode: 2002AJ....124.1695B.
↑Engle, Scott G.; Guinan, Edward F.; Harper, Graham M.; Neilson, Hilding R.; Evans, Nancy Remage (2014-09-25). "The Secret Lives of Cepheids: Evolutionary Changes and Pulsation-Induced Shock Heating in the Prototype Classical Cepheid {\delta} Cep". The Astrophysical Journal794 (1): 80. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/794/1/80. ISSN1538-4357.
↑McDonald, Iain; Zijlstra, Albert A.; Boyer, Martha L. (2012-11-21). "Fundamental parameters and infrared excesses of Hipparcos stars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society427 (1): 343–357. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21873.x. Bibcode: 2012MNRAS.427..343M.
↑McArthur, Barbara E.; Benedict, G. Fritz; Harrison, Thomas E.; van Altena, William (2011-05-01). "Astrometry with the Hubble Space Telescope: Trigonometric Parallaxes of Selected Hyads". The Astronomical Journal141 (5): 172. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/141/5/172. ISSN0004-6256. Bibcode: 2011AJ....141..172M.
↑Sota, A.; Apellániz, J. Maíz; Walborn, N. R.; Alfaro, E. J.; Barbá, R. H.; Morrell, N. I.; Gamen, R. C.; Arias, J. I. (2011-04-01). "The Galactic O-Star Spectroscopic Survey. I. Classification System and Bright Northern Stars in the Blue-Violet at R~2500". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series193 (2): 24. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/193/2/24. ISSN0067-0049. Bibcode: 2011ApJS..193...24S.