Image: Wide-field view of the sky around VY Canis Majoris

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Description: This wide-field view shows the sky around the very brilliant red hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris, one of the largest stars known in the Milky Way. The star itself appears at the centre of the picture, which also includes clouds of glowing red hydrogen gas, dust clouds and the bright star cluster around the bright star Tau Canis Majoris towards the upper right. This picture was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2.
Title: Wide-field view of the sky around VY Canis Majoris
Credit: ESO website
Author: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
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