Hypergiant Star Canis Majoris Wall Art Size:COSMIC (48 X 32) researchers now have additional opportunities

researchers now have additional opportunities to study the object as it changes over time

this portion of the sky seems somewhat unremarkable

between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn

angle of 62 degrees

This image shows the disc around the young AB Aurigae star

Hypergiant Star Canis Majoris Wall Art Size:COSMIC (48 X 32) researchers now have additional opportunitiesThis artist's impression of hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris shows the star's vast convection cells and violent ejections. VY Canis Majoris is so large that if it replaced the Sun, the star would extend for hundreds of millions of miles, between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn. Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and R. Humphreys (University of Minnesota), and J. Olmsted (STScI)