Question #98fc7
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VY Canis Najoris is in the Universe and no, we don't "see" 2 sun-like stars.
Explanation:
Everything that we can see, be it with out naked eye or with telescopes is in the one and only Universe that we know of. Any other talk about multiple universes is pure speculation. There may be principles, laws or mathematical equation that could imply the existence of other universes, BUT we cannot prove any of it, so if it can be observed it is inside our Universe.
Now everything that is not within our solar system is very far away. So, as far as we seeing with our naked eye, everything else in the Universe is either invisible OR a tiny spec of light. No mater how big a star is, from Earth it looks like a pinprick OR it is so, so far away that it can't be seen. That being said, there are many, many sun-like stars out there. VY CMa is not even the biggest star that we have discovered...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_stars
A caveat, here... I feel as if you MAY be mixing up terms in your head and when you say universe you might have meant to say galaxy, as in "Is VY Canis Majoris in our galaxy (The Milky Way)?" If so, yes it is. Still, it is so far away that it can't be seen with the naked eye.
