Extreme object
VY Canis Majoris
VY Canis Majoris is a star 3 820 light-years away, weighing 17.0 Suns.
One of the largest known stars, estimated at 1,420 times the Sun's radius. Put in the Sun's place, its surface would reach beyond the orbit of Jupiter.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- Kind
- Star
- Distance
- 3 820 light-years
- Mass
- 17.00 Suns
See it from here
Too faint for the eye; a telescope, or a long photograph, shows it.
How the map draws it
Drawn as a ring at its measured distance; the star itself is a point at this scale — the kind of thing, not this exact one.