I'm not completely sure, i think it is located in the eagle nebula.
VY Canis Majoris has an absolute magnitude of -9.4.
VY Canis Majoris is kinda beside Wezen(Delta Canis Majoris.) Find where it says VY
As of today (2009) there is no star larger than VY Canis Majoris - a galaxy is larger than VY Canis Majoris though.
VY Canis Majoris is about 4,900 light years from earth.
Scientists say that VY Canis Majoris is the biggest star we know so basically VY Canis Majoris is bigger than Kolob.
VY Canis Majoris (Not Canis Majoris)
Canis Major
9,261,000,000 (9.2) Billion sun can fit in VY Canis Majoris.
R136a1 is the brightest known star. VY Canis Majoris. Its bolometric luminosity is estimated at 8.7 million times that of our Sun. VY Canis Majoris has a bolometric luminosity estimated at 450,000 that of the Sun, which is still very powerful. Bolometric luminosity refers to the entire radiation emitted at all wavelengths (not only visible light), so it is a measure of the power emitted by the star.
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As far as mass goes, R136a1 beats out VY Canis Majoris by 253 solar masses (265 solar masses for R136a1 vs Canis Majoris' 30). However, VY Canis Majoris beats out R136a1 in radius by about 1,385 solar radii (Canis Majoris is 1,420 solar radii vs R136a1's ~35).
VY Canis Majoris (VY CMa)