# VY Canis Majoris

> red hypergiant in the constellation Canis Major

**Wikidata**: [Q183349](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183349)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VY_Canis_Majoris)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/vy-canis-majoris


## References

1. VizieR
2. Bringing VY Canis Majoris Down to Size: An Improved Determination of Its Effective Temperature
3. Washington Double Star Catalog
4. SIMBAD
5. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
6. Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system
7. The HIPPARCOS Catalogue
8. Astrophysical supplements to the ASCC-2.5: Ia. Radial velocities of ∼55000 stars and mean radial velocities of 516 Galactic open clusters and associations
9. Quora
10. [Google News - VY Canis Majoris - Latest](https://news.google.com/topics/CAAqJAgKIh5DQkFTRUFvS0wyMHZNREkyYm5Cd1pCSUNaVzRvQUFQAQ?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen)
11. Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction