Tuesday 14 May 2013

Largest Star.

VY Canis Majoris is the largest known star.
It is a Red Hyper giant .
It is located in Canis Majoris constellation .
VY Canis Majoris is  about 1,975,000,000 kilometres (1.227×109 mi) in diameter.
It is about 3900 Light years far from earth .
If it is placed at center of solar system , then its boundary would cross Jupiter.
It has an average density of 5 to 10 mg/m3


 

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