R136a1
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| Mass | 5. 271 × 10^32 kg (265 M☉) |
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| Surface temperature | 50,000 K |
| Radius | 21 million km |
| Magnitude | 12. 23 |
| Luminosity (visual, LV) | 150,000 L☉ |
| Age | 0. 0+0. 3; −0. 0 Myr |
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| ID | 2228759 |
About R136a1
RMC 136a1 has the highest mass and luminosity of any known star, at 315 M☉ and 8. 7 million L☉, and is also one of the hottest, at around 53,000 K. It is a Wolf–Rayet star at the center of R136, the central concentration of stars of the large NGC 2070 open cluster in the Tarantula Nebula.
R136a1 Photos
