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Cristian Monea

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VY Canis Majoris (VY CMa) is a red hypergiant star located in the constellation Canis Major. With a size of up to about 2,100 solar radii, it is possibly the largest known star and also one of the most luminous known. 

VV Cephei A, the hypergiant, is one of the largest stars known, and believed to be the second largest star in the Milky Way galaxy and third largest known after the hypergiant WOH G64 in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

