Red supergiant with dust (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Red supergiant with dust

Caption

A visible-light image of VY Canis Majoris, a red supergiant star that is largely obscured by dust, taken in 2005.

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NASA/ESA/R. Humphreys/University of Minnesota

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