List of stars with resolved images

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The following is a list of stars with resolved images, that is, stars whose images have been resolved beyond a point source. Aside from the Sun, observed from Earth, stars are exceedingly small in apparent size, requiring the use of special high-resolution equipment and techniques to image. For example, Betelgeuse, the first star other than the Sun to be directly imaged, has an angular diameter of only 50 milliarcseconds (mas).[1]

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List of stars with resolved images
Star Image Diameter Distance
(ly) 		Imager Notes
Angular (mas) Geometric (Sun = 1)
Sun Sun white.jpg 2 × 106 1 0.0000158 Various
Proxima Centauri 1.02 ± 0.08 0.141 ± 0.007 4.246 ± 0.006 Very Large Telescope 2nd closest star.
Rigil Kentaurus (Alpha Centauri A) 8.511 ± 0.020 1.224 ± 0.003 4.37 Very Large Telescope - VINCI/VLTI[2]
Toliman (Alpha Centauri B) 6.001 ± 0.034 0.863 ± 0.005
Altair Altair PR image6 (white).jpg 3.2 1.66 ± 0.01 (polar)
2.02 ± 0.01 (equator) 		16.77 ± 0.08 CHARA array - MIRC[3]
Rasalhague (Alpha Ophiuchi A) 1.62 ± 0.03 2.39 ± 0.01 (polar)
2.87 ± 0.02 (equator) 		48.6 ± 0.8 CHARA array - MIRC[4]
Alderamin (Alpha Cephei) 1.35 ± 0.02 (polar)
1.75 ± 0.03 (equatorial) 		2.20 ± 0.04 (polar)
2.74 ± 0.04 (equator) 		48.8 ± 0.36 CHARA array - MIRC[4]
Caph (Beta Cassiopeiae) 1.70 ± 0.04 3.1 ± 0.1 (polar)
3.8 ± 0.1 (equator) 		54.7 ± 0.3 CHARA array - MIRC[5]
Regulus (Alpha Leonis A) 1.24 ± 0.02 3.2 ± 0.1 (polar)
4.2 ± 0.1 (equator) 		79.3 ± 0.7 CHARA array - MIRC[5]
Algol Aa1 (Beta Persei Aa1)
(stationary object) 		Algol triple star system imaged with the CHARA interferometer.jpg 0.88 ± 0.05 4.13 93 ± 2 CHARA array - MIRC[6]
Algol Aa2 (Beta Persei Aa2)
(orbiting object) 		1.12 ± 0.07 3
Algol Ab (Beta Persei Ab) 0.56 ± 0.10 0.9 Observed radius of Algol Ab is an instrumental artifact,
caused by bandwidth smearing. Actual radius is 1.73 ± 0.33 R☉.
Zeta Andromedae Aa 2.502 ± 0.008 15.0 ± 0.8 (polar) 189 ± 3 CHARA array - MIRC[7][8] First direct imaging of starspots on a star outside the Solar System.
R Doradus R Doradus ESO.jpg 57 ± 5 370 ± 50 204 ± 9 New Technology Telescope[9] 2nd largest known star by apparent diameter in Earth's sky,
after the Sun.
Mira (Omicron Ceti) Mira 1997.jpg 50 up to 700 420 Hubble - FOC[10]
T Leporis T Leporis.jpg 5.8
15 for molecular layer 		100 500 Very Large Telescope - VLTI[11]/AMBER[12]
Pi1 Gruis The surface of the red giant star π1 Gruis from PIONIER on the VLT.jpg 18.37[citation needed] 694 530 Very Large Telescope - PIONIER[13] First directly observed granulation patterns on a star's surface
outside the Solar System.
Antares VLTI reconstructed view of the surface of Antares.jpg 41.3 ± 0.1 700 620 Very Large Telescope - VLTI/AMBER[14]
Betelgeuse Betelgeuse captured by ALMA.jpg 50 630 643 ± 146
Sheliak A (Beta Lyrae A) 0.46 6 960 ± 50 CHARA array - MIRC[18]
Theta1 Orionis C Theta1-Orionis-C.png 0.2 10.6 ± 1.5 1400 Very Large Telescope - AMBER[19],
GRAVITY[20]
Almaaz A (Epsilon Aurigae A) 2.27 3.7 ± 0.7 ca. 2000 CHARA array - MIRC[21]
Almaaz B (Epsilon Aurigae B) 5.9 ± 0.1

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