Massive Star VY Canis Majoris - Polarized Light
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo0703c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 8 January 2007, 18:20 |
| Size: | 790 x 790 px |
About the Object
| Name: | HD 58061, HIP 35793, VY Canis Majoris |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Red Supergiant |
| Distance: | 3500 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical POL0V |
550 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical POL60V |
550 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical POL120V |
550 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
