VY Canis Majoris

VY Canis Majoris — star, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

Explore VY Canis Majoris in an interactive 3D view of space. See its catalogue position, distance and astronomical facts.

VY Canis Majoris is shown at its catalogue position, at an adopted distance of 3,816 light-years from Earth. Its 3D stellar surface is an illustration based on the catalogue colour and adopted or estimated physical properties.

Catalogue distance

3,816 light-years

Apparent magnitude

7.95

Colour index (B−V)

2.06

Adopted radius

1,420 times the Sun’s radius

Adopted temperature

3,490 K

Surface

Illustrated stellar plasma; not a resolved surface map

Explore VY Canis Majoris in 3D

VY Canis Majoris is placed in three-dimensional space using catalogue coordinates and an adopted astronomical distance. Rotate and zoom to explore the model. Stellar surfaces, gas structure and dust depths may be reconstructed or illustrative, as described in its facts; this is not live imagery from a telescope.