Brightest red giants & others

A list of the brightest red giant, supergiant, hypergiant and other red-colored stars that can be found in the night sky by eye, binoculars, or modest-sized telescope.

STAR	TYPE	MAGNITUDE	CONSTELLATION
Arcturus	red giant	-0.05	Bootes
VY CMa	red hypergiant	6.5-9.6	Canis Major
μ Cephei	red supergiant	4.1	Cepheus
RW Cephei	red hypergiant	6.7	Cepheus
VV Cephei A	red supergiant	4.9	Cepheus
Gacrux	red giant	1.6	Crux
WOH G64	red hypergiant	6.9	Dorado
Rasalgethi	red supergiant	3.4	Hercules
Betelgeuse	red supergiant	0.0-1.3	Orion
S Persei	red hypergiant	9.2	Perseus
VX Sagittarii	red hypergiant	11.7	Sagittarius
Antares	red supergiant	0.6-1.6	Scorpius
UY Scuti	red hypergiant	8.3-10.5	Scutum
119 Tauri	red supergiant	4.4	Taurus
Aldebaran	red giant	0.85	Taurus