VY Canis Majoris is an extreme oxygen-rich red hypergiant or red supergiant and pulsating variable star about 1.2 kiloparsecs from the Solar System in the constellation Canis Major. It is one of the largest known stars and one of the most luminous and massive red supergiants in the Milky Way.
Facts
Discovery Year Classification
Constellation CatalogueNew General Catalogue (NGC) 1 In the Other Atlases
In Constellation
Also in Divinity Atlas: the constellation this subject lies in.
Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationVY Canis Majoris, infobox (Mass)Quote, VY Canis Majoris, infobox (Mass)
17+/-8 M(sun)
2. VY Canis Majoris (Wikipedia)
VY Canis Majoris, lead section
an extreme oxygen-rich red hypergiant or red supergiant
VY Canis Majoris, Wikipedia - lead section, catalogue classification
It lies near the young open cluster NGC 2362, and is thought to be a member.
VY Canis Majoris, Wikipedia - lead section, constellation
VY Canis Majoris (abbreviated to VY CMa) is an extreme oxygen-rich red hypergiant or red supergiant (O-rich RHG or RSG) and pulsating variable star 1.2 kiloparsecs (3,900 light-years) from the Solar System in the slightly southern constellation of Canis Major.
Article text: discovery
The first known-recorded observation of VY Canis Majoris is in the star catalogue of the French astronomer Jérôme Lalande in 1801
- In Category: Celestial Objects, VY Canis Majoris, Wikipedia summary
In Group: Red Giants and Supergiants, Lead sentence
VY Canis Majoris (abbreviated to VY CMa) is an extreme oxygen-rich red hypergiant or red supergiant (O-rich RHG or RSG) and pulsating variable star 1.2 kiloparsecs (3,900 light-years) from the Solar System in the slightly southern constellation of Canis Major.
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