Zooming in on the red hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris
This video sequence takes you on a voyage from a broad vista of the sky into a close-up look at one of the biggest stars in the Milky Way, VY Canis Majoris. The final image comes from the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile.
Credit:ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)
Music: Johan B. Monell
About the Video
| Id: | eso1546a |
| Release date: | 25 November 2015, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1546 |
| Duration: | 50 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | VY Canis Majoris |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Red Supergiant Milky Way : Star : Type : Variable |
| Category: | Stars |
