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Hubble Solves Mystery of Monster Star’s Dimming – Red Hypergiant Is As Bright as 300,000 Suns – Brinkwire
The red hypergiant VY Canis Majoris is enshrouded in huge clouds of dustStars come in an extraordinary range of sizes. One of the most colossal is VY Canis Majoris.
If placed in the middle of our solar system it would engulf all the planets out to Saturns orbit.
This monster, appropriately called a red hypergiant, is as bright as 300,000 Suns. Yet it is so far away that, 200 years ago, it could be seen only as a faint star in the winter constellation of the Great Dog. Since then, it has faded and…
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