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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.
English: Size comparison of evolved red supergiant star Stephenson 2-18, extreme red hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris and luminous red supergiant star UY Scuti. Bahasa Indonesia: Perbandingan ukuran bintang super raksasa merah berevolusi Stephenson 2-18, bintang hypergiant merah ekstrim VY Canis Majoris dan bintang super raksasa merah bercahaya ...
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But I dont see how the image contributes to the article: it adds nothing that isn't already summed up verbally in the second sentence "the radius of VY CMa is between 1800 and 2100 solar radii". I don't see that the image itself adds anything to the article at all. ~ Veledan • T 03:04, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
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VY Canis Majoris (VY CMa) is a red hypergiant star located in the constellation Canis Major.One of the largest stars and also one of the most luminous of its type, it has a radius of approximately 1,420 ± 120 solar radii (equal to a diameter of 13.2 astronomical units, or about 1,976,640,000 km), and is situated about 1.2 kiloparsecs (3,900 light-years) from Earth.
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Very Large Telescope image of the surroundings of the red hypergiant VY Canis Majoris. An OH/IR star is an asymptotic giant branch (AGB) or a red supergiant or hypergiant (RSG or RHG) star that shows strong OH maser emission and is unusually bright at near-infrared wavelengths.