Space facts

Vy canis majoris all facts and myths Stars are huge aren't they atleast from our perspective, we can take example from our Sun, it's huge. A massive giant, our only source of light, But what is our Sun's postion among the other stars in the Universe ! Well looks like our Sun is out of position among other's. The largest known star in our Universe is Vy Canis Majoris.  It's a huge huge star around a thousand times bigger than our's and 100 times of our Sun's mass. Here we have some Bizzare truths about Vy Canis Majoris you would rather not believe ! 1. Vy Canis Majoris is about 4000 light years  away from us, that's some distance ! But inside our galaxy very much. 2. The largest known star known to human till date, about a 1750 sun's  can fit inside Vy Canis Majoris. 3. It's luminosity is about 450,000 times of that our Sun. Eye burning ! Isn't it. 4. Mass as evident from it's size is 30 - 40 times of that our Sun. ...