yellow hypergiant
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![Artist's impression of HR 5171 A [1] (Image: ESO)](https://assets.newatlas.com/dims4/default/f3737ed/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x853+0+7/resize/720x480!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewatlas-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Farchive%2Fhr5171a1.jpg)
The European Space Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has spotted a massive yellow star with a diameter of more than 1,300 times the size of the Sun. The star is also a part of a binary system, with a companion star orbiting so close that it is actually in physical contact with the giant.