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VY Canis Majoris is so large that if it replaced the Sun

Also know as "The Spire"

Gripped in the claw of the constellation Scorpius sits the reflection nebula DG 129

distance and proper motions — of more than one billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy

Credit: ESO

R Aquarii (Symbiotic Binary) Tapestry Phone case VY Canis Majoris is soThis image reveals a dramatic binary star system named R Aquarii, located 700 light years from Earth, as seen in 2012 by ESOs Very Large Telescope (VLT). R Aquarii is a so called symbiotic binary, comprising two stars surrounded by a large, dynamic cloud of gas (a nebula). Systems like this contain two stars in an unequal and complex relationship. R Aquarii is made up of one hot white dwarf and one red giant. The red giant is losing matter to its