It lived a short life in the main sequence phase of its life, and then ballooned up as a red hypergiant. It will remain in this phase for a few hundred thousand years.
Once it finally runs out of fuel in its core, the star will collapse down and become a core-collapse supernova. It is more than 1. It was listed as a 7 th magnitude star and further investigations conducted between the 19 th and 20 th centuries suggested that the star has been fading since It was first described as a crimson star, while observations progressed it was discovered that VY Canis Majoris was a strong source of OH 1.
Many molecules have been detected have also been detected. It was listed as a long-period variable with a photographic magnitude range of 9. Thus, because of this, it was given the designation VY Canis Majoris in , the 3 rd variable star of the constellation of Canis Major. VY Canis Majoris is embedded within the large molecular cloud called Sh Molecular clouds of gas and dust are responsible for many star births.
In the case of VY Canis Majoris, it was formed around 10 million years ago when gravity pulled swirling gas and dust together. VY Canis Majoris is a very young star, and it is believed that it evolved from an O9 main-sequence star which initially had between 5 — 20 solar radii.
The star evolved quickly due to its high mass and has spent its time in the red hypergiant phase for around VY Canis Majoris is situated at around 3. About light years What do the colours represent? See this object in: Chromoscope Google Sky. Detailed Information Object Name:. Type of Object:. Right Ascension: 07h 22m More on FromQuarkstoQuasars.
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