List of most luminous stars

This is a list of stars arranged by their absolute magnitude – their intrinsic stellar luminosity. This cannot be observed directly, so instead must be calculated from the apparent magnitude, the distance to each star, and a correction for interstellar extinction. The entries in the list below are further corrected to provide the bolometric magnitude, i.e., integrated over all wavelengths; this relies upon measurements in multiple photometric filters and extrapolation of the stellar spectrum based on the stellar spectral type and/or effective temperature.
Entries give the bolometric luminosity in multiples of the luminosity of the Sun and the bolometric absolute magnitude. As with all magnitude systems in astronomy, the latter scale is logarithmic and inverted i.e., more negative numbers are more luminous.
Most stars on this list are not bright enough to be visible to the naked eye from Earth, because of their high distances, high extinction, or because they emit most of their light outside the visible range. For a list of the brightest stars seen from Earth, see the list of brightest stars. There are three stars with over 1 million and visible to the naked eye: WR 22, WR 24 and Eta Carinae. All of these stars are located in the Carina nebula.

Measurement

Accurate measurement of stellar luminosities is difficult, even when the apparent magnitude is measured accurately, for four reasons:

The distance d to the star must be known, to convert apparent to absolute magnitude. Absolute magnitude is the apparent magnitude a star would have if it were 10 parsecs away from the viewer. Because apparent brightness decreases as the square of the distance, a small error in determining d implies an error ~2× as large in luminosity. Stellar distances are only directly measured accurately out to d ~1,000 light years.
The observed magnitudes must be corrected for the absorption or extinction of intervening interstellar or circumstellar dust and gas. This correction can be enormous and difficult to determine precisely. For example, until accurate infrared observations became possible ~50 years ago, the Galactic Center of the Milky Way was totally obscured to visual observations.
The magnitudes at the wavelengths measured must be corrected for those not observed. "Absolute bolometric magnitude" is a measure of the star's luminosity, summing over its emission at all wavelengths, and thus the total amount of energy radiated by a star every second. Bolometric magnitudes can only be estimated by correcting for unobserved portions of the spectrum that have to be modelled, which is always an issue, and often a large correction. The list is dominated by hot blue stars which produce the majority of their energy output in the ultraviolet, but these may not necessarily be the brightest stars at visual wavelengths.
A large proportion of stellar systems discovered with very high luminosity have later been found to be binary. Usually, this results in the total system luminosity being reduced and spread among several components. These binaries are common both because the conditions that produce high mass high luminosity stars also favour multiple star systems, but also because searches for highly luminous stars are inevitably biased towards detecting systems with multiple more normal stars combining to appear luminous.

Because of all these problems, other references may give very different values for the most luminous stars. Data on different stars can be of somewhat different reliability, depending on the attention one particular star has received as well as largely differing physical difficulties in analysis. The last stars in the list are familiar nearby stars put there for comparison, and not among the most luminous known. It may also interest the reader to know that the Sun is more luminous than approximately 95% of all known stars in the local neighbourhood, due to enormous numbers of somewhat less massive stars that are cooler and often much less luminous. For perspective, the overall range of stellar luminosities runs from dwarfs less than 1/10,000th as luminous as the Sun to supergiants over 1,000,000 times more luminous.

Data

Wolf–Rayet star

Luminous blue variable

O-type star

B-type star

A-type star

F-type star

This list is currently limited mostly to objects in our galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds, but a few stars in other local group galaxies can now be examined in enough detail to determine their luminosities. Some suspected binaries in this magnitude range are excluded because there is insufficient information about the luminosity of the individual components. Selected fainter stars are also shown for comparison. Despite their extreme luminosity, many of these stars are nevertheless too distant to be observed with the naked eye. Stars that are at least sometimes visible to the unaided eye have their apparent magnitude highlighted in blue.
Thanks to gravitational lensing, stars that are strongly magnified can be seen at much larger distances. Godzilla — an LBV in the distant Sunburst galaxy — is probably the brightest star ever observed, although it is believed to be undergoing a temporary episode of increased luminosity that has lasted at least seven years, in a similar manner to the Great Eruption of Eta Carinae that was witnessed in the 19th century.
The first list shows a few of the known stars with an estimated luminosity of 1 million L_☉ or greater, including the stars in open clusters, OB associations and H II regions. The majority of stars thought to be more than 1 million L_☉ are shown, but the list is incomplete.
The second list gives some notable stars for the purpose of comparison.

Star name	Location	L	M_bol	Dist.	m_V	T_eff	Spectral type	Link
R136a1	R136		-12.41	163,000	12.28		WN5h
R136a2	R136		-12.035	163,000	12.34		WN5h
BAT99-98	NGC 2070		-12.01	165,000	13.38		WN6
		5,012,000	-12.01	26,000	14.37	39,500-44,000	WN11h
R136a3	R136		-12.01	163,000	12.97		WN5h
BMS2003 867\| 867 A		4,932,000	-12	2,700,000	16.29	42,400	O4Iab
M33-013406.63 A		4,677,000	-11.935	3,000,000	16.084	30,000	O9.5Ia
BMS2003 867\| 867 B		4,395,000	-11.87	2,700,000	16.29	42,400	O4Ia
Westerhout 49-2	W49 South		-11.86	36,200	18.246		O2-3.5If*
HD 37836		4,169,000	-11.81	163,000	10.55	28,200	B0Iae
Sk -69° 249 A	NGC 2074		-11.8	160,000	10.68		O7If
η Carinae A	Trumpler 16		-11.77	7,500	~4		LBV
V4998 Sagittarii	near Quintuplet Cluster		-11.77	25,000	12.534		LBV
R136c	R136		-11.71	163,000	13.43		WN5h
V1429 Aquilae		3,802,000	-11.71	12,800	9.89	~30,000	B3Ibe
Melnick 42	R136		-11.66	163,000	12.78		O2If*
Mercer 23-2		3,631,000	-11.66	21,200	8.646	38,000	WNL7-8
NGC 2403 V14		3,436,000	-11.6	10,314,000	18.83	7,000	F5Ie
G0.070+0.025		3,311,000	-11.56	26,000	14.799	45,000	O4-6If+
Mercer 30-1 A	Mercer 30		-11.535	40,000	10.33		O6-7.5If+
VFTS 682	Runaway from R136		-11.535	164,000	16.08		WN5h
WR 42e	Runaway from HD 97950		-11.523	25,000	14.53		O3If*/WN6
R99	LH 49		-11.51	163,000	11.52		Ofpe/WN9
NGC 4736-1	Cat's Eye Galaxy		-11.5	16,000,000	19.31		LBV
VFTS 1022	R136		-11.46	164,000	13.47		O3.5If*/WN7
WR 24	Collinder 228		-11.435	8,200	6.48		WN6ha-w
Peony Star	near Galactic Center		-11.435	26,000	12.978		WN10
CXOGC J174528.6-285605		2,884,000	-11.41	26,000	14.46	30,000	WN8-9h
G0.059-0.068		2,884,000	-11.41	26,000	13.337	39,500-44,000	B0-1Ia+/WNLh
HD 97950 B	HD 97950		-11.41	24,000	11.33		WN6h
MWC 801	Milky Way		-11.4	11,200	10.52		Be
HD 38282 A	Runaway from R136		-11.35	163,000	11.11		WN5/6h
Melnick 34 A	R136		-11.335	163,000	13.09		WN5h
VFTS 506	NGC 2070		-11.335	164,000	13.31		ON2V))
WR 102hb	Quintuplet cluster		-11.31	26,000	13.9		WN10h
S83 B162\| B162	Pinwheel Galaxy		-11.3	21,600,000	18.53		B8-A0la+
BMS2003 578\| 578 C		2,564,000	-11.28	2,700,000	15.97	34,000	O9II
WR 102ea	Quintuplet cluster		-11.235	26,000	13.18		WN9h
HD 38282 B	Runaway from R136		-11.235	163,000	11.11		WN6/7h
CXOGC J174516.1-284909		2,399,000	-11.21	26,000	11.49	20,000	Ofpe/WN9
CXOGC J174711.4-283006		2,399,000	-11.21	26,000	16.56	30,000	WN8-9h
WR 25 A	Trumpler 16		-11.21	6,800	8.8		WN6h-w
S83 B189\| B189	Pinwheel Galaxy		-11.2	21,600,000	18.63	7,658	A0-A2la+
LGGS J004444.52+412804.0		2,377,000	-11.2	2,500,000	18.1	7,000-18,000	F0Ia
HD 269327		2,377,000	-11.2	163,000	10.74	28,200	OB
Sk -69° 212	NGC 2044		-11.2	160,000	12.416		O5III
Melnick 34 B	R136		-11.185	163,000	13.09		WN5h
VVV CL041-8		2,344,000	-11.185	13,700	10.146	34,000	WN8-9h
LH 10-3209 A	NGC 1763		-11.17	160,000	12.73		O3III
Cl 1813-178 #16		2,291,000	-11.16	15,300	9.428	30,200	O8-O9If
R147	Runaway from R136		-11.16	164,000	13.02		WN5h
R136a7	R136		-11.16	163,000	13.97		O3III
VVV CL074-12		2,291,000	-11.16	20,000	12.34	22,500	B0.5-2I
Arches-F9	Arches Cluster		-11.135	25,000	16.1		WN8–9h
HD 5980 A	NGC 346		-11.135	200,000	11.31		WN6h
HD 97950 C1	HD 97950		-11.135	24,000	11.89		WN6h
R136b	R136		-11.135	165,000	13.24		O4If
R145 A	Tarantula Nebula		-11.135	163,000	12.04		WN6h
Var 83		2,239,000	-11.135	3,000,000	16.027	18,000-37,000	LBV
HD 269810	NGC 2029		-11.11	163,000	12.28		O2III
BI 265		2,188,000	-11.11	163,000	12.38	49,800	O5III
CXOGC J174712.2-283121		2,188,000	-11.11	26,000	17.06	35,000	WN7-8h
MWC 470		2,176,000	-11.1	12,500	11.5	37,500	Be
ST5-31	NGC 2074		-11.1	160,000	12.273		O3If*
GGA 378		2,159,000	-11.1	20,200	12.5	40,900	OB?e
HD 268804		2,148,000	-11.09	163,000	11.21	28,200	OB
MWC 791	Shoe-Buckle Cluster	2,147,000	-11.09	10,800	10.7	40,500	B1
G0.058+0.014		2,138,000	-11.085	26,000	14.704	45,000	O4-6If+
LGGS J013508.78+303639.9		2,138,000	-11.085	2,834,000	14.00	7,464	A9la
R145 B	Tarantula Nebula		-11.085	163,000	12.04		O3.5If*/WN7
WR 89	HM 1		-11.085	9,500	11.02		WN8h
Arches-F6	Arches Cluster		-11.06	25,000	15.75		WN8-9ha
R136a5	R136		-11.06	163,000	13.71		O2If*
BD+43° 3654	Runaway from Cygnus OB2		-11.029	5,400	10.06		O6If+
AFGL 2298		2,000,000	-11.013	33,000	12.164	15,500-26,000	B8I
Arches-F1	Arches Cluster		-11.01	25,000	16.3		WN8-9h
Arches-F4	Arches Cluster		-11.01	25,000	15.63		WN7-8h
M33C-15731		1,995,000	-11.01	2,834,000	16.819	20,000	LBV
CXOGC J174656.3-283232		1,995,000	-11.01	26,000	16.74	30,000	WN8-9h
LBV 1806-20		1,995,000	-11.01	28,000	13.66	18,000-32,000	O9-B2
Mercer 81-2		1,995,000	-11.01	35,900	13.25	36,000	WN7-8
VFTS 545	R136		-11.01	164,000	13.32		O2If*/WN5
WR 147S		1,995,000	-11.01	5,800	13.86	39,800	WN8h
MWC 473		1,980,000	-11.0	12,900	11.46	29,600	Be
10584-9-1		1,977,000	-11.0	11,842,000	19.1	18,000	sgB
2MASS J04542610-6911022		1,959,000	-10.99	163,000	12.68	37,200	O7V
R146	Runaway from R136		-10.985	164,000	13.11		WN5ha
DBSB 179-15		1,950,000	-10.985	25,800	12.5	37,000	WN8-9h
G0.114+0.021		1,950,000	-10.985	26,000	16.672	40,000	WN8-9h
R136a4	R136		-10.96	163,000	13.41		O3V)
Westerhout 49-1	W49 cluster 1		-10.96	36,200	15.531		O2-3.5If*
WR 22 A		1,905,000	-10.96	8,200	6.42	44,700	WN7h
HD 269219		1,888,000	-10.95	163,000	10.87	28,200	OB
Arches-F2 A	Arches Cluster		-10.935	25,000	17.84		WN8-9h
Arches-F7	Arches Cluster		-10.935	25,000	15.74		WN8-9ha
HSH95-36	R136		-10.935	163,000	14.41		O2If*
Hen 3-519		1,820,000	-10.91	24,000	10.85	30,200	WN11h
W61 3-20		1,820,000	-10.91	163,000	13.55	39,800	O5-6V)z
Westerhout 51-57	G49.5-0.4		-10.91	20,000	16.958		O4V
LGGS J004051.59+403303.0		1,803,000	-10.9	2,500,000	16.989	18,000-24,000	LBV
MSX5C G358.5391+00.1305		1,800,000	-10.898	15,000	15	13,000	B:
HD 5980 B	NGC 346		-10.885	200,000	11.31		WN6-7
WR 130		1,778,000	-10.885	21,700	12.13	44,700	WN8
V4650 Sagittarii	Quintuplet cluster		-12.5-10.9	25,000	12.31		LBV
CXOGC J174536.1-285638		1,738,000	-10.86	26,000	15.55	30,000	WN8-9h
Mercer 30-7 A	Mercer 30		-10.86	40,000	11.516		WN6
HD 35342 B		1,722,000	-10.85	163,000	11.28	24,000	B0.5I
CPD−69 471		1,706,000	-10.84	163,000	12.37	42,700	O2-3fp
DBSB 179-20		1,698,000	-10.835	25,800	12.37	35,000	WN8-9
Cygnus OB2 #12 A	Cygnus OB2		-10.81	5,000	11.702		B3-4Ia+
PGMW 3120		1,644,000	-10.8	163,000	12.47	39,800	O5.5V)
Sher 18		1,644,000	-10.8	25,000	12.51	39,500	O3.5If
Sher 47		1,644,000	-10.8	25,000	12.67	44,000	O4V
Mercer 23-1		1,622,000	-10.785	21,200	10.615	35,000	O5.5I
VFTS 1017	R136		-10.785	164,000	14.52		O2If*/WN5
WR 87	HM 1		-10.785	9,500	11.83		WN7h
HD 269896		1,600,000	-10.77	163,000	11.36	29,500	ON9.7Ia+
Pistol Star	Quintuplet Cluster		-10.77	25,000	11.79		LBV
J025941.21+251412.2		1,600,000	-10.77	23,000,000			LBV
Melnick 39 A	R136		-10.76	160,000	13.0		O3If*/WN6-A
AF Andromedae		1,585,000	-10.76	2,500,000	17.325	28,000	LBV
Arches-F12	Arches Cluster		-10.76	25,000	16.4		WN7-8h
HSH95-18	R136		-10.76	163,000	13.87		O3III
R139 A	NGC 2070		-10.76	163,000	11.94		O6.5I
LHO 110	Quintuplet cluster		-10.76	26,000	13.87		WN9h
R140a1		1,585,000	-10.76	163,000	12.12	34,000	WN4
VFTS 457	NGC 2070		-10.76	164,000	13.74		O3.5If*/WN7
WR 107		1,585,000	-10.76	9,400	13.51	50,100	WN8
WR 140 B		1,585,000	-10.76	5,300	6.85	35,000	O5
WR 148 A		1,585,000	-10.76	27,100	10.3	39,800	WN8h
R134	R136		-10.76	164,000	12.58		WN6
CXOGC J174617.0-285131		1,549,000	-10.735	26,000	14.98	40,000	O6If+
CXOGC J174725.3-282709		1,549,000	-10.735	26,000	16.37	30,000	O4-6I
Sk -68° 137		1,549,000	-10.735	160,000	13.346	55,000	OB
WR 102i	Quintuplet cluster		-10.735	26,000	14.31		WN9h
WR 21a A	Runaway from Westerlund 2		-10.71	14,300	12.661		O2.5If*/WN6ha
Westerhout 49-3	W49 CC		-10.71	36,200	16.689		O3-O7V
Brey 21 A		1,500,000	-10.7	165,000	11.29	71,000	WN
HD 97950 A2		1,500,000	-10.7	24,000	12.53	46,500	O3V
HM 1-6	HM 1		-10.7	11,000	11.64		O5If
LGGS J013245.41+303858.3		1,500,000	-10.7	3,000,000	17.612	34,000	Ofpe
NGC 346-W1	NGC 346		-10.7	200,000	12.57		O5.5If
Sk -65° 47		1,500,000	-10.7	160,000	12.466	47,800	O4If
Sk 80	NGC 346		-10.7	200,000	12.31		O7If
10584-4-1		1,500,000	-10.7	11,842,000	19.68	19,671	sgB
Object #A		1,500,000	-10.7	14,220,000	21.145	40,000	WN
R136a8	R136		-10.685	163,000	14.42		O2-3V
AS 107		1,456,000	-10.67	10,100	11.44	34,000	B
R139 B	NGC 2070		-10.66	163,000	11.94		O7I
HCD2002 107\| 107		1,445,000	-10.66	163,000	13.79	40,700	O4-6Vz
VFTS 542	R136		-10.66	164,000	13.49		O2If*/WN5
Z15	Messier 81		-10.66	11,800,000	20.495		B0.5
AB8 A	NGC 602c		-10.635	197,000	12.9		WO4
CXOGC J174550.2-284911		1,413,000	-10.635	26,000	15.24	30,000	WN9h
HD 93129 Aa	Trumpler 14		-10.635	7,500	6.9		O2If*
DBSB 179-4		1,413,000	-10.635	25,800	12.25	30,000	Ofpe/WN9
LGGS J013235.25+303017.6		1,413,000	-10.635	3,000,000	18.007	33,000	LBV
Melnick 33Na A	R136		-10.635	164,000	13.79		OC2.5If*
WR 66		1,413,000	-10.635	16,900	11.34	44,700	WN8
HD 269846		1,406,000	-10.63	163,000	11.63	28,200	OB
HD 37974	NGC 2050		-10.625	163,000	10.99		B0.5Ia+
W61 3-24		1,393,000	-10.62	163,000	14.03	43,700	O3.5V
VFTS 621	NGC 2070		-10.61	164,000	15.39		O2V)z
WR 131		1,380,000	-10.61	22,600	12.08	44,700	WN7h
Sk -69° 104		1,368,000	-10.6	160,000	12.1	39,900	O6Ib
Var A-1		1,368,000	-10.6	2,500,000	17.143	21,700	LBV
Arches-F2 B	Arches Cluster		-10.585	25,000	17.84		O5-6Ia+
Mercer 30-6a A	Mercer 30		-10.585	40,000	10.39		Ofpe/WN9
VFTS 427	NGC 2070		-10.585	164,000	13.76		WN8
Westerhout 51-3	G49.5-0.4	–	-10.585	20,000	16.998		O3V-O8V
HD 269722		1,343,000	-10.58	163,000	11.52	28,200	OBe
VFTS 16	Runaway from R136		-10.56	164,000	13.55		O2III-If*
CXOGC J174502.8-290859		1,318,000	-10.56	26,000	13.93	33,000	O9I-B0I
BD+54 728	HXW2022 OC-0715\| OC-0715	1,306,000	-10.55	12,300	10.3	19,500	B1Ib
NGC 6822-WR 12	Barnard's Galaxy	1,288,000	-10.535	1,700,000	18.96	100,000	WN4
Westerhout 49-15	W49 cluster 1		-10.535	36,200	18.307		O2-3.5If*
Westerhout 51d	G49.5-0.4		-10.535	20,000	15.11		O3V-O4V
WR 18		1,288,000	-10.535	12,450	10.83	112,200	WN4-s
BMS2003 578\| 578 B		1,285,000	-10.53	2,700,000	15.97	32,000	O9Ia
S Doradus	NGC 1910		-10.635	169,000	10.25		B8/9eq-F0/5:Iae
AB7 A	NGC 371		-10.51	197,000	13.016		WN4
VFTS 1021	R136		-10.51	164,000	13.35		O4If+
Arches-F3	Arches Cluster		-10.51	25,000	16.06		WN8-9h
Arches-F8	Arches Cluster		-10.51	25,000	16.31		WN8-9h
HD 50064		1,259,000	-10.51	9,500	8.21	13,500	B6Ia
HSH95-46	R136		-10.51	163,000	14.56		O2-3III
VFTS 1031		1,259,000	-10.51	164,000	13.89	48,000	O3.5
NGC 2070 MH 980		1,259,000	-10.51	163,000	13.68	42,700	O4V
Sk -69° 194		1,247,000	-10.5	160,000	12.131	45,000	B0I
ST2-22	NGC 2044		-10.5	160,000	14.3		O3V)
HD 269215		1,247,000	-10.5	163,000	11.94	36,300	O6.5II
Trumpler 27-27	Trumpler 27		-10.5	8,200	13.31		O8III)
VFTS 1028	R136		-10.485	164,000	13.84		O3III or O4-5V
LGGS J013457.51+304833.3		1,202,000	-10.46	2,834,000	14.63	6,761	F3la
LH 10-3601		1,202,000	-10.46	160,000	13.491	55,000	ON2III
BD+21 4017		1,200,000	-10.46	20,300	10.42	23,000	B0
AB1	DEM S10		-10.435	197,000	15.238		WN3ha
BI 253	Runaway from R136		-10.435	164,000	13.76		O2V-III)
BAT99-92 B	Tarantula Nebula		-10.435	164,000	13.76		B1Ia
LGGS J013248.26+303950.4		1,175,000	-10.435	3,000,000	17.25	23,000	LBV
Mercer 30-8		1,175,000	-10.435	40,000	11.658	38,100	WN7
WR 102d	Quintuplet cluster		-10.435	26,000	15.18		WN9h
WR 126		1,175,000	-10.435	24,680	13.29	63,000	WC5
R135 A	NGC 2070		-10.435	163,000	13.48		WN5
GCIRS 16SW A		1,149,000	-10.411	26,000	15.5	24,400	Ofpe/WN9
GCIRS 16SW B		1,149,000	-10.411	26,000	15.5	23,500	Ofpe/WN9
CXOGC J174516.7-285824		1,148,000	-10.41	26,000	16.67	35,000	WN7-8h
G0.121-0.099		1,148,000	-10.41	26,000	14.972	40,000	WN8-9h
G359.797+0.037		1,148,000	-10.41	26,000	16.1	30,000	B0-2I
HD 93205 A		1,148,000	-10.41	7,500	7.75	51,300	O3.5Vf
WR 158		1,148,000	-10.41	16,300	11.282	44,700	WN7h
WR 28		1,148,000	-10.41	18,700	12.98	50,100	WN6-w
HD 303308	Trumpler 16		-10.4	7,500	8.17		O3V
M33C-15235		1,138,000	-10.4	3,000,000	17.73	29,200	WN/Of
ZH 364		1,138,000	-10.4	11,842,000	19.59	15,860	LBV?e
HD 269700		1,127,000	-10.39	163,000	10.54	19,500	B1.5Iaeq
AB9	DEM S80		-10.385	197,000	15.431		WN3ha
Arches-F18	Arches Cluster		-10.385	25,000	16.7		O4-5Ia+
Var B		1,122,000	-10.385	3,000,000	16.208	9,000	LBV
VFTS 562	NGC 2070		-10.385	164,000	13.66		O4V
WR 37		1,122,000	-10.385	21,900	16	100,000	WN4-s
SK -69 98		1,096,000	-10.36	163,000	12.29	28,200	OB
VFTS 512	NGC 2070		-10.36	164,000	14.28		O2V-III)
Mercer 30-6b		1,072,000	-10.335	40,000	14.25	30,500	O6If
VFTS 3	near NGC 2044		-10.335	164,000	11.56		B1Ia+
VFTS 151	TLD1		-10.335	164,000	14.13		O6.5IIp
VFTS 603		1,060,000	-10.323	164,000	13.99	43,400	O4III
HD 268605		1,057,000	-10.32	163,000	11.34	28,200	O9.5/B0Ia
HD 270145	NGC 2122		-10.31	163,000	12.17		O6.5Ifc
WR 21a B	Runaway from Westerlund 2		-10.31	14,300	12.661		O3V)z
CXOGC J174532.7-285126		1,047,000	-10.31	26,000	10.72	40,000	O4-6I
HD 93403 A	Carina OB1		-10.31	10,000	8.27		O5.5I
Mercer 30-2		1,047,000	-10.31	40,000	12.63	21,200	B1-4Ia+
HD 97950 E		1,038,000	-10.3	24,000	13.081	46,500	O5.5III
HD 229059	Berkeley 87		-10.3	3,200	8.7		B1Ia
M33C-10788		1,038,000	-10.3	3,000,000	17.95	32,000	Ofpe/WN9
Sk -69° 200	NGC 2033		-10.3	160,000	11.18		B1I
Sk -69° 259		1,038,000	-10.3	160,000	11.93	30,000	B
WR 77k		1,038,000	-10.3	11,000	18.86	35,000	WN7
10182-pr-6		1,038,000	-10.3	10,314,000	18.79	8,000	A8-F0Ie
RP2006 542\| 542		1,028,000	-10.29	163,000	16.75	29,500	B0IV
HD 93250 A		1,023,000	-10.285	7,500	7.5	46,000	O4 IV
VFTS 599	NGC 2070		-10.285	164,000	13.8		O3III
VVV CL074-9		1,023,000	-10.285	20,000	15.22	37,000	WN7/O4-6If+
WR 156		1,023,000	-10.285	13,400	11.01	39,800	WN8h
ALS 9950		1,021,000	-10.28	9,200	11.26	21,400	B
HD 269050		1,019,000	-10.28	163,000	11.54	28,200	B0Ia
BD+13 1440		1,008,000	-10.27	13,500	9.14	30,200	B0e
Melnick 39 B	R136		-10.26	160,000	13.0		O3If*/WN6-A
VFTS 259	Tarantula Nebula		-10.26	164,000	13.65		O6Iaf
HD 97950 A1a	HD 97950		-10.26	24,000	11.18		O3If*/WN6
HD 97950 A1b	HD 97950		-10.26	24,000	11.18		O3If*/WN5
Arches-F14	Arches Cluster		-10.26	25,000	16.38		WN8-9h
BAT99-68	NGC 2044		-10.26	163,000	14.13		O3If*/WN7
CXOGC J174628.2-283920		1,000,000	-10.26	26,000	16.99	40,000	O4-6I
CXOGC J174703.1-283119		1,000,000	-10.26	26,000	16.23	40,000	O4-6I
HSH95-28	R136		-10.26	163,000	14.09		O3V
HSH95-57	R136		-10.26	163,000	14.8		O3III
R140a2		1,000,000	-10.26	163,000	12.12	34,000	WC5
VFTS 591		1,000,000	-10.26	164,000	12.55	27,000	B0.5Ia
VFTS 1034		1,000,000	-10.26	164,000	13.36	34,000	O8II
VVV CL074-3		1,000,000	-10.26	20,000	14.72	31,500	WN8
ζ¹ Scorpii		1,000,000 to 1,600,000	-10.085	8,210	4.705	17,000 to 19,000	B1.5Ia+

A few notable stars of luminosity less than 1 million are kept here for the purpose of comparison.
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Star name	Bolometer\| luminosity\|	Absolute Bolometric magnitude\| Bolometric magnitude\|	Approx. distance from Earth	Apparent visible	Effective	Link
α Camelopardalis	676,000	-9.835	6,000	4.29	29,000
WR 78	631,000	-9.76	4,100	6.48	50,100
λ Cephei	631,000	-9.76	3,100	5.05	36,000
P Cygni	610,000	-9.723	5,100	4.82	18,700
WR 79a	603,000	-9.71	5,600	5.77	35,000
ζ Puppis	446,700	-10.035	1,080	2.25	40,000
η Carinae B	400,000	-9.265	7,500	4.3	37,200
μ Normae	339,000	-9.085	3,260	4.91	28,000
κ Cassiopeiae	302,000	-8.96	4,000	4.16	23,500
τ Canis Majoris Aa	299,000	-8.95	5,120	4.89	32,000
θ Muscae Ab	295,000	-8.935	7,400	5.53	33,000
γ² Velorum B	280,000	-8.878	1,230	1.83	35,000
ε Orionis	271,000	-9.585	2,000	1.69	27,500
ξ Persei	263,000	-8.81	1,200	4.04	35,000
ζ Orionis Aa	250,000	-8.755	1,260	2.08	29,500
θ Muscae Aa	234,000	-8.685	7,400	5.53	83,000
ο² Canis Majoris	219,000	-8.61	2,800	3.043	15,500
θ¹ Orionis C1	204,000	-8.535	1,340	5.13	39,000
δ Orionis Aa1	191,000	-8.46	1,200	2.5	29,500
γ² Velorum A	170,000	-8.336	1,230	1.83	57,000
η Canis Majoris	151,000	-8.21	2,000	2.45	15,000
κ Crucis	151,000	-8.21	7,500	5.98	16,300
λ Orionis A	150,000	-8.2	1,100	3.54	37,700
β Orionis A	120,000	-7.96	860	0.13	12,100
θ² Orionis A	107,000	-7.833	1,500	5.02	34,900
Betelgeuse	87,100	-7.61	550	0.50	3,600
Antares A	75,900	-7.46	550	0.6–1.6	3,660
ζ Ophiuchi	74,100	-7.435