File talk:Sun and VY Canis Majoris.svg

It would be good if someone could put a part of Canis into the sun closeup for better comparison. I can't do it because I dont know the exact measurements. Techdawg667 (talk) 01:22, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Earth's orbit is too small or star is too big

According to VY Canis Majoris, the radius of VY Canis Majoris is 6.6 astronomical units, i.e. 6.6 times the radius of Earth's orbit. However, the size of the star in the picture seems to be about 10 times that of Earth's orbit, not 6.6.

Additionally, Sun's diameter looks roughly 100 times smaller than Earth's orbit, which matches the reality; therefore the star was probably drawn too big (a 50% larger radius than it should).

—Cousteau (talk) 10:40, 17 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]