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October 4 2009

inky: VY Canis Majoris is the largest known star in the universe. Its size is between 1,800 and 2,100 solar radii (where 1 solar radius is equal to the current radius of the Sun, or roughly 110 times the radius of Earth). Click the image to see just how huge this is.

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VY Canis Majoris is the largest known star in the universe. Its size is between 1,800 and 2,100 solar radii (where 1 solar radius is equal to the current radius of the Sun, or roughly 110 times the radius of Earth).

Click the image to see just how huge this is.

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  3. mollydot reblogged this from inky and added:
    If the Sun was replaced by...planets out as far as Jupiter, and maybe even Saturn, would...
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    We might as be walking on
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    That’s what she said.
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    The next time I love someone, I’m gonna tell him that I love him THIS much. :D
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  14. kandles reblogged this from itsfullofstars and added:
    How cool/scary is that?
  15. steveoatney reblogged this from corco and added:
    Thx corco:cbatty:monkeytypist:rocketjumper:inky
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    This guy makes the sun look rubbish!! cbatty:
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    My mind, it is always blown by this. itsfullofstars:
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  20. cbatty reblogged this from monkeytypist and added:
    Makes you feel rather insignificant doesn’t it?...rocketjumper:inky:
  21. bildungsroman reblogged this from monkeytypist and added:
    Wow. Now think of yourself as a minuscule blip on an even tinier blip orbiting the tiny blip that is our Sun.
  22. definatalie reblogged this from monkeytypist and added:
    My jaw just dropped!
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  25. heavysigh reblogged this from itsfullofstars and added:
    Think of all that energy.