VY Canis Majoris

[AQuietBadger]

So this thing is BIG AND I DID NOT EDIT ANYTHING HERE. I think there's a bigger star but screw that. NOPE. I imagine a ton of you people know about it but I thought I'd share it with those who don't.

Also, it takes light 8.5 hours to travel all the way around it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VY_Canis_Majoris

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[Kamutog]

"apparently the 2nd largest star in our solar system." I was not informed that our solar system had two stars.

[AQuietBadger]

"apparently the 2nd largest star in our solar system." I was not informed that our solar system had two stars.

what?

[Kamutog]

I was quoting you. It's in the first sentence.

[Jetlok]

i looooooove space and this forgeter is part of the reason why
things are so BIG and VAST its insane
and what do you mean second biggest??????? wahts the first one?

[psychomutt]

I was quoting you. It's in the first sentence.

There's a quote button, though.

[AQuietBadger]

I was quoting you. It's in the first sentence.

oh fpfpfpf I see what I did wrong
who cares ignore it LOOK AT THE BIG STAR

[AQuietBadger]

i looooooove space and this forgeter is part of the reason why
things are so BIG and VAST its insane
and what do you mean second biggest??????? wahts the first one?

I heard about this one that was bigger but it had a funky name and I can't find it
Dunno.

Wait, no there isn't. I'm stupid.

[sir dooble]

There are probably other stars out there in our massive and expanding universe that are equal in size or bigger, but even so, VY Canis Majoris is loving massive on any stellar scale.

That big though, it doesn't have an exceptionally long life-span.

Would make an absolutely massive explosion and nebulae if it went supernova.

[The Tavros Nitram]

I heard about this one that was bigger but it had a funky name and I can't find it
Dunno.

Wait, no there isn't. I'm stupid.

yes there is
its called

VY Bigger Than Canis Majoris

[Blockzillahead]

I bet there are bigger stars out there that we haven't discovered yet.

[Kearn]

stop linking to the mobile versions you jerks it gets old after the thousandth time

[AQuietBadger]

stop linking to the mobile versions you jerks it gets old after the thousandth time

Sorry, I'm on my phone.

Fixed

[Ipquarx]

A quick search shows that this is not the biggest star, that there are others possibly over 1000 solar radii larger.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_known_stars

[Momentum]

and when it goes supernova we all die