Yellow Hypergiant Star HR 5171: Artist's Impression | ESO

Yellow Hypergiant Star HR 5171: Artist's Impression | ESO

This artist's animation shows the yellow hypergiant star HR 5171. This is a very rare type of star and only a dozen are known in our galaxy. Its size is over 1,300 times that of the Sun—one of the ten biggest stars found so far. 

Observations with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope Interferometer have shown that it is actually a double star, with the companion in contact with the main star.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Duration: 31 seconds

Release Date: March 13, 2014

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