VY Canis Majoris photograph

VY Canis Majoris

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Radius987. 89 million km
Distance to Earth4,892 light years
Mass3. 381 × 10^31 kg (17 M☉)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−9. 4
Surface gravity (log g) cgs
Did you knowVY Canis Majoris is between 1420 ± 120 times wider than the Sun.
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About VY Canis Majoris


VY Canis Majoris is an extreme oxygen-rich red hypergiant or red supergiant and pulsating variable star located at 1. 2 kiloparsecs away from Earth in the constellation of Canis Major.

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