VY Canis Majoris is the largest star in the space of stars we can see. Here’s an image of it.
The largest red one in the middle basically, is VY Canis Majoris, large isn’t it? Well let’s go further in!
That is what VY Canis Majoris looks like if you were to see through a telescope, scary isn’t it? Well let’s me tell you some facts about it! 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. Yea it’s badically a super giant. Let’s go FURTHER IN!
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This is our sun, yes that white speck compared to VY Canis Majoris. Now are you scared? Still not? Well what if scientist said Theresa about a 25% chance in the future VY Canis Majoris will collide with our solar system? Okay that was a lie. All I know about VY Canis Majoris is that it’s a super giant, it’s the biggest star, it’s 1.2 kiloparcsecs away from earth and its end hypergiant. Okay bye.
