HD 269810

HD 269810

An image from the Two Micron All-Sky Survey. HD 269810 is the upper left of the pair of bright stars to the upper right of the nebulosity.
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Dorado
Right ascension 05h 35m 13.90s[1]
Declination −67° 33′ 27.5″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 12.22[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type O2III(f*)[3]
B−V color index −0.14[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)303[4] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +1.801[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +0.677[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)−0.0098 ± 0.0310 mas[1]
Absolute magnitude (MV)−6.6[3]
Details
Mass130[3] M
Radius18[5] R
Luminosity2.2 million[3] L
Surface gravity (log g)4.0[3] cgs
Temperature52,500[3] K
Metallicity≤0.1[3] He/H
Rotation173[6]
Other designations
GCRV 24403, RMC 122, UBV 5767, ARDB C54, SK −67° 211, UCAC2 2218036, ARDB 317, GSC 09162-00101, TYC 9162-101-1, CSI−67-05351, 2MASS J05351389-6733275, UBV M 28781
Database references
SIMBADdata

HD 269810 is a blue giant star in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It is one of the most massive and most luminous stars known, and one of only a handful of stars with the spectral type O2.

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  6. ^ Penny, L. R.; Sprague, A. J.; Seago, G.; Gies, D. R. (December 2004). "Effects of Metallicity on the Rotational Velocities of Massive Stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 617 (2): 1316–1322. arXiv:astro-ph/0409757. Bibcode:2004ApJ...617.1316P. doi:10.1086/425573. S2CID 14026671.