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Solar mass

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Size an mass o very lairge starns: Maist massive example, the blue Pistol Star (150 M☉). Ithers are Rho Cassiopeiae (40 M☉), Betelgeuse (20 M☉), an VY Canis Majoris (17 M☉). The Sun (1 M☉) which is nae veesible in this thumbnail is included tae illustrate the scale o example starns. Yird's orbit (grey), Jupiter's orbit (reid), an Neptune's orbit (blue) are an aa gien.

The solar mass (M☉) is a staundart unit o mass in astronomy that is uised tae indicate the masses o ither starns, as well as clusters, nebulae an galaxies.

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