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Old 19-10-2015, 10:33 AM
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VY Canis Majoris

Hiper giant, it has a radius of approximately 1,420 ± 120 solar radius.3,900 light-years from Eart. It has luminosity of 300,000 times of the Sun. 5,000 light years away from Earth. Its surface would extend beyond the orbit of Jupiter.
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