Hypergiant Star Canis Majoris Wall Art Size:COSMIC (48 X 32) This image is a blend

This image is a blend of 171 and 193 angstrom light as captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory

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this portion of the sky seems somewhat unremarkable

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

Hypergiant Star Canis Majoris Wall Art Size:COSMIC (48 X 32) This image is a blendThis 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)