[Tex/LaTex] Latex command for unfilled \bigstar

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\bigstar produces a black star.
What is the LaTeX command for white or unfilled \bigstar?

The unicode-math package has a command \bigwhitestar, but I am not able to use it in the usual way. When I compile with \usepackage{unicode-math}, I get the following error:

! Package unicode-math Error: Cannot be run with pdfLaTex!
(unicode-math)         Use XeLaTeX or LuaLaTex instead.

PS: I need the big white star symbol to reference a point in a Matlab generated figure.
I cannot compile with xetex or xelatex because they do not use the conference style file properly, i.e. the output looks quite different from that of latex.

Best Answer

The comprehensive list suggests the following options:

  1. \usepackage{bbding}, then \FiveStarOpen
  2. \usepackage{pifont}, \ding{80}
  3. \usepackage{MnSymbol}, $\largestar$

And here is the comparison:

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