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    R136a1 (short for RMC 136a1) is one of the most massive and luminous stars known, at nearly 200 M☉ and nearly 4.7 million L☉, and is also one of the hottest...
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    both contain Wolf-Rayet stars, and one of the most massive known stars, R136a1 in 30 Doradus, is also a Wolf–Rayet star. In 1867, using the 40 cm Foucault...
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    many of great dimension, including the second most massive star known, R136a1, at 215 M☉ and 6.16 million L☉. "NGC 2070". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques...
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    it relies on a narrow range of fluxes, making it a likely underestimate. R136a1 – One of the most massive and luminous stars known List of most massive...
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    1×105 ly The Milky Way is about 100000 light-years across. 1.65×105 ly R136a1, in the Large Magellanic Cloud, the most luminous star known at 8.7 million...
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    1031 4×1031 kg Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star (20 M☉) 1032 4–7×1032 kg R136a1, the most massive of known stars (230 to 345 M☉) 6–8×1032 kg Hyades star...
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    considered to be possibly the largest star in the Milky Way NML Cygni R136a1, one of the most massive and luminous stars known Applying the Stefan-Boltzmann...
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    from 1 AU away −40.07 star Zeta1 Scorpii seen from 1 AU away −39.66 star R136a1 seen from 1 AU away −39.47 star P Cygni seen from 1 AU away −38.00 star...
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    cluster contains many of the most massive and luminous stars known, including R136a1. Within the central 5 parsecs there are 32 of the hottest type O stars (O2...
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    million L⊙, meaning their radii are just a few tens of R⊙. For example, R136a1 has a temperature over 46,000 K and a luminosity of more than 6,100,000...
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  • BAT99-98 Tarantula Nebula 226 165,000 WN6 13.37 45,000 spectroscopy SIMBAD R136a1 Tarantula Nebula 196+34 −27 163,000 WN5h 12.23 46,000 evolution SIMBAD Melnick...
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  • Sun's annual energy output 1.79 × 1033 W astro: approximate luminosity of R136a1, a massive Wolf-Rayet star and the most luminous single star known 2.1 × 1033 W...
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    proton–electron reactions 38 kK on Eta Carinae 46 kK on Wolf–Rayet star R136a1 50 kK at protostar (core) 54.5 kK on ON2 III(f*) star LH64-16 >200 kK on...
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  • of a star without ejecting the gases into space. However, a star named R136a1 in the RMC 136a star cluster has been measured at 215 M☉, putting this limit...
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    Magellanic Cloud L/Teff An unusual blue hypergiant with a large dusty disk. R136a1 42.7+1.6 −0.9 Large Magellanic Cloud L/Teff One of the most luminous and...
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  • Least luminous normal star 2MASS J0523−1403 2013 V=20.6 Most energetic star R136a1 2010 B=-12.5 List of most luminous stars Most energetic star in a transient...
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    136 8.7×104 Large Magellanic Cloud Contains the most massive known star R136a1 at 196+34 −27 M☉. NGC 346 5×104 Small Magellanic Cloud Ara Cluster (Westerlund...
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    Triangulum Galaxy) 4,932,000 -12 2,700,000 16.29 (combined) 42,400 O4Iab SIMBAD R136a1 (in Tarantula Nebula of LMC) 4,677,000 -11.94 163,000 12.28 46,000 WN5h...
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    R136a2 The central region of the R136 star cluster as seen in near infrared. R136a1 and R136a2 are the two very close bright stars at the center, with R136a2...
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    star in R136, a massive star cluster located in Dorado. It is located near R136a1, the most massive and luminous star known. R136a3 is itself one of the most...
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  • 160000 WN in LMC; Wolf–Rayet star; one of the most luminous stars known R136a1 05h 38m 42.43s −69° 06′ 02.2″ 12.77 160000 WN5h in R136; most massive and...
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    arcs and filaments moving away from the star, including the Finger Nebula. R136a1 Pistol Star WR 102ka LBV 1806-20 List of most massive stars Roeser, S.;...
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  • Stradling R. Orin Cornett R. S. Krishnan R. Stanley Williams R. Stephen Berry R136a1 R1 (nuclear reactor) R4 nuclear reactor RA-1 Enrico Fermi RC time constant...
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