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VFTS 102
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Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- *
- Spectral type
- O9:Vnnne+
- Distance
- 126,417 light-years
- Coordinates
- RA 84.4135° · Dec -69.1642°
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- star
- Part of
- NGC 2070
- Constellation
- Dorado
- Distance from Earth
- 163000
- Variable-star type
- rotating ellipsoidal variable
- Image
- Artist’s impression of the fastest rotating star.jpg
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- right ascension component of proper motion
- 1.574
- spectral class
- O9:Vnnne+
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 4657690169119005312
- Commons category
- VFTS 102
- apparent magnitude
- 13.904
- declination component of proper motion
- 0.591
- luminosity
- 5
- right ascension
- 84.41346052504170
- declination
- -69.16417360089210
- stellar rotational velocity
- 610
- radial velocity
- 229.0
- parallax
- 0.0343
- epoch
- J2000.0
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