VY Canis Majoris
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vy-canis-majoris-206-2980420
title:
VY Canis Majoris
text:
VY Canis Majoris is an extreme oxygen-rich red hypergiant or red supergiant and pulsating variable star 1.2 kiloparsecs from the Solar System in the slightly southern constellation of Canis Major. It is one of the largest known stars, one of the most luminous and massive red supergiants, and one of the most luminous stars in the Milky Way. No evidence has been found that it is part of a multiple star system. Its great infrared (IR) excess makes it one of the brightest objects in the local part o
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Star in the constellation Canis Major
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VY_Canis_Majoris
date created:
2006-11-19T17:07:38Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T15:47:07Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Canis_Major_constellation_map.svg","width":249,"height":249}
fields total:
13
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16