Where Does The Biggest Star Located

Where does the biggest star located

The biggest star ever located is the VY Canis Majoris. It is an extreme oxygen-rich, red hypergiant and pulsating variable star that is located at 1.2 kiloparsecs away from Earth in the constellation of Canis Major.

The following facts listed below are attributed to the VY Canis Majoris:

  • It has a radius of 1,420 times than the sun.
  • It has a distance of 3840 light-years away from Earth.
  • Its apparent magnitude is 6.5 to 9.6.
  • It has an estimated period of 2000 days.
  • Jerome Lalande first catalogued this star on March 7, 1801.
  • It has been noticed that the VY Canis Majoris is slowly but surely fading from sight.
  • It has a solar mas of about 30 to 40.
  • If it becomes a supernova, it could easily obliterate anything within its range because of its massive size. Earth is safe because of its enormous distance from this star.

For more information about stars, you may click the links below:

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