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star in the constellation Dorado

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
WR*
Spectral type
O2If*
Redshift
z = 0.0008743201471330675
Coordinates
RA 84.6754° · Dec -69.0987°
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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Dorado
Distance from Earth
163000
Radius
21.1
Mass
189
Image
Grand star-forming region R136 in NGC 2070 (captured by the Hubble Space Telescope).jpg
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right ascension
84.675542
catalog code
[H2013] LMCe 1395
stellar rotational velocity
240
declination
-69.098694
apparent magnitude
10.96
spectral class
O2If*
epoch
J2000.0
age estimated by a dating method
1
luminosity
3600000
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