Vy Canis Majoris

+Vy Canis Majoris is a colossal [Red Hypergiant](/wiki/red_hypergiant) nestled within the constellation [Canis Major](/wiki/canis_major), approximately 3,800 [Light-Year](/wiki/light-year)s from [Earth](/wiki/earth). It is one of the largest and most luminous [Star](/wiki/star)s known, with an estimated radius of about 1,420 times that of the [Sun](/wiki/sun) and a luminosity hundreds of thousands of times greater. This distant, burning heart in the cosmos is slowly shedding its mass through powerful [Stellar Wind](/wiki/stellar_wind)s.

+- [Star Size](/wiki/star_size)

+Vy Canis Majoris is a colossal [Red Hypergiant](/wiki/red_hypergiant) nestled within the constellation [Canis Major](/wiki/canis_major). It shines as one of the largest and most luminous [Star](/wiki/star)s known, a distant, burning heart in the cosmos.

+## See also

+- [Stellar Evolution](/wiki/stellar_evolution)

+- [Largest Stars](/wiki/largest_stars)

+- [Astronomy](/wiki/astronomy)