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DescriptionVY Canis Majoris.jpg	English: Massive Star VY Canis Majoris - Polarized Light Astronomers Map a Hypergiant Star's Massive Outbursts
Date	8 January 2007
Source	HubbleSite
Author	NASA, ESA, and R. Humphreys (University of Minnesota)

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