Westerlund 1-20
Westerlund 1-20 or Wd 1-20 is a red supergiant located in the Westerlund 1 super star cluster. Its radius was calculated to be around 965 solar radii, making it one of the largest stars discovered so far. This corresponds to a volume 899 million times bigger than the Sun. If placed at the center of the Solar System, the photosphere of Westerlund 1-20 would almost reach the orbit of Jupiter.
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The star is classified as a luminous cool supergiant emitting most of its energy in the infrared spectrum. W20 occupies the upper right corner of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. Using the effective temperature of 3,500 K, the bolometric luminosity of 126,000 L☉ and the solar effective temperature of 5,772 K, its 1-20 can be calculated using the Stefan-Boltzmann law.
Westerlund 1-20 was observed to have an extended, cometary shaped nebula, similar to the other red supergiant Westerlund 1-26. It is therefore likely that its morphology was affected by either the intracluster medium or the cluster wind of Westerlund 1.
