HD 269810
O-type giant (O2 III) · R122 · HDE 269810
Among the most luminous O-type stars, and a runaway
One of the most luminous O-type stars known, and a runaway: it was flung out of the 30 Doradus star-forming region and now races across the Large Magellanic Cloud, far from where it was born.
Illustration generated from temperature, not a photograph
130 ☉
mass (the Sun = 1)
2.2 million ×
as bright as the Sun
52,500 K
surface · blue
18 R☉
radius (the Sun = 1)
163,000 ly
from Earth
12.2
apparent magnitude
It pours out about 2.2 million times the Sun’s light. Its light has been travelling 163,000 years to reach us, so you see HD 269810 as it was 163,000 years ago.
Source · Evans et al. 2010, ApJL 715, L74 · View on Wikidata
It lives in
Large Magellanic Cloud
Irregular galaxy, 163,000 ly away.
Other notable stars in Large Magellanic Cloud
R136a1Wolf-Rayet star (WN5h)R136a2Wolf-Rayet star (WN5h)Melnick 42O-type supergiant (O2 If)VFTS 682Wolf-Rayet star (WN5h)Melnick 34Wolf-Rayet binary (WN5h + WN5h)S DoradusLuminous blue variable
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HD 5980Wolf-Rayet + blue-variable system2.2 million ×Melnick 34Wolf-Rayet binary (WN5h + WN5h)2.0 million ×VFTS 682Wolf-Rayet star (WN5h)3.2 million ×Melnick 42O-type supergiant (O2 If)3.6 million ×Eta CarinaeLuminous blue variable4.0 million ×S DoradusLuminous blue variable1.0 million ×
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