YOU think our Sun is big?

VY Canis Majoris (VY CMa) is a red hypergiant star located in the constellation Canis Major. At between 1800 and 2100 solar radii (approx 2.7 billion km across or 1.7 billion miles), it is the largest known star and also one of the most luminous known. It is located about 1.5 kiloparsecs (4.6×1016 km) or about 4,900 light years away from Earth. Unlike most hypergiant stars, which occur in either binary or multiple star systems, VY CMa is a single star. It is categorized as a semiregular variable and has an estimated period of 2000 days.[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VY_Canis_Majoris

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[TMtricks]

next question: YOU think VY Canis majoris is?

[TSFCEntertainment]

this isn't accurate

[TheLisaac64]

HOLY SHIT!!!!

[TheBrownies0wn]

VYCM is ALOT larger than this shows. 

[TheChoppergunner100]

um the sun is actually not visible well it would lok like a speck of sand or dust when cannis majoris is compared.

[QuarterPastFreckle]

@40thCenturyTrolls I was thinking the same thing.

[nisteven]

@DeaddudeRS Because we way to primitive to harness this power.

Hell we still on oil, which is a very primitive way to get energy.

[mrtwig80]

Chuck Norris has got two laps around Vy Canis Majoris set on his "runkeeper" app

[ChallengeR1127]

our little sunshine is so tiny

[threedog14]

the sun is supposed 2 be smaller than that

[Chubz861]

Ohhhhhhh shit

[40thCenturyTrolls]

l think the title is a little misleading since our sun is HUGE, its just that its smaller in comparison, l dont see you getting all in his face and saying" OI, Sun VY is bigger than you you small jackass!" (promtly gets smooshed into scorching human juice)