Daily Archives: April 10, 2009

VY Canis Majoris

 

VY Canis Majoris, the biggest star known to date. Here are videos demonstrating VY Canis Majoris versus our solar system and other known biggest stars.

Our Solar System – Size Of Planets and Stars to Scale

 

أكبر نجم في مجرتنا VY Canis Majoris

For more information about VY Canis Majoris please click here.

List of largest known stars

The File below is another demonstration with gif animated image with sound inbuilt power point.

http://cid-e86e1f4a59731028.skydrive.live.com/embedrowdetail.aspx/Astronomy/PowerPoint/TheUniverse/TheSizeofourSolarSystemcomparedtootherstarsinCosmos.pps

Order of appearance in the PowerPoint presentation.  Planets (Blue) Stars (Yellow)
Earth, Moon, Mercury, Mars, Venus, Uranus, Neptun, Saturn, Jupiter, Sun/Sol, Sirius, Pollux, Arcturus, Rigel, Aldebaran, Eta Carinae Nebula, Betelgeuze, Antares, V382 Carinae, V838 Monoceretis, V509 Cassiopeiae, Mu Cephei, KY Cygni, V354 Cephei, Binary Star VV Cephei, VY Canis Majoris – largest known star.

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