VY Canis Majoris (VY CMa) is the largest known star and also one of the most luminous.
It has a radius of around1,800 -> 2,100 times that of our Sun. If the Sun was replaced by VY Canis Majoris, it's outer envelope would extend beyond Saturn.
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Canis Majoris is a red supergiant star that is one of the largest known stars in the universe. It is estimated to be about 1,000 times larger than the Sun in terms of volume, which means it is much larger than Earth. A single pixel representing Canis Majoris in an image of the Solar System would not even be visible when compared to Earth.
CY Canis Majoris is a hypergiant star, one of the largest known stars in the universe. It has a radius estimated to be around 1,420 times that of the Sun, making it one of the biggest stars known to astronomers.
no.Not even close.Antares is over 20x bigger then the sun.The sun is nothing compared to this star.But not even the antares star is big. The biggest star in the galaxy is called the vy canis majoris. The canis majoris makes antares look like it is invisible!
The smallest star is called: OGLE-TR-122b. It is almost as big as Jupiter. Stars can be quite big. The biggest star in the galaxy is called: VY Canis Majoris. That hypergiant star is way to big. The sun is invisible compared to it. 7 quadrillion Earths' can fit in the VY Canis Majoris.
The biggest stars, like UY Scuti or VY Canis Majoris, can be hundreds to thousands of times larger in terms of volume compared to the Sun. However, in terms of mass, these giant stars may not be significantly more massive than the Sun, since their density is much lower.
Yes. It is way bigger. The VY Canis Majoris is known to be 1,000,000,000 times the size of the Sun. It's so big that on a scale between the 2 the VY Canis Majoris would almost be a complete rectangle compared to the Sun (and the Sun is as small as a few pixels). The star would reach the top of the screen. Winner: VY Canis Majoris
The largest known star "VY Canis Majoris" has a 987,600,000 km radius whereas the sun only has a puney 695,500 km radius.
Canis Majoris is a red supergiant star that is one of the largest known stars in the universe. It is estimated to be about 1,000 times larger than the Sun in terms of volume, which means it is much larger than Earth. A single pixel representing Canis Majoris in an image of the Solar System would not even be visible when compared to Earth.
CY Canis Majoris is a hypergiant star, one of the largest known stars in the universe. It has a radius estimated to be around 1,420 times that of the Sun, making it one of the biggest stars known to astronomers.
no.Not even close.Antares is over 20x bigger then the sun.The sun is nothing compared to this star.But not even the antares star is big. The biggest star in the galaxy is called the vy canis majoris. The canis majoris makes antares look like it is invisible!
A couple of light-years.
They are both spherically shaped. Other than that they have little in common. VY Canis Majoris is a star so big that if it was where the Sun is, we would be inside it and so would Mars. More spectacularly, so would Jupiter. Saturn would be frying.
VY Canis Majoris is the largest known star with a radius equal to 2600 solar radii. It would take over 7,000,000,000,000,000 (7 quadrillion) Earths to fill the volume of VY Canis Majoris
The smallest star is called: OGLE-TR-122b. It is almost as big as Jupiter. Stars can be quite big. The biggest star in the galaxy is called: VY Canis Majoris. That hypergiant star is way to big. The sun is invisible compared to it. 7 quadrillion Earths' can fit in the VY Canis Majoris.
Sirius = Alpha Canis Majoris. In other words, it is the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major, or Big Dog.
VY Canis Majoris is the largest known star with a radius equal to 2600 solar radii. It would take over 7,000,000,000,000,000 (7 quadrillion) Earths to fill the volume of VY Canis Majoris
The biggest stars, like UY Scuti or VY Canis Majoris, can be hundreds to thousands of times larger in terms of volume compared to the Sun. However, in terms of mass, these giant stars may not be significantly more massive than the Sun, since their density is much lower.