VFTS 682

VFTS 682

VFTS 682 is at the very centre of this image of the Tarantula Nebula
Credit: ESO/M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud survey. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Dorado
Right ascension 05h 38m 55.51s[1]
Declination −69° 04′ 26.72″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 16.08[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type WN5h[3]
U−B color index -0.349[4]
B−V color index -0.58[2]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)300[5] km/s
Distance164,000 ly
(50,000 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)-6.83±0.12[5]
Absolute bolometric
magnitude (Mbol)		-11.5
Details
Mass137.8+27.5
−15.9[6] M☉
Radius20.2+2.5
−2.3[6] R☉
Luminosity3,200,000[5] L☉
Temperature54,450±1,960[6] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)<200[6] km/s
Age1.0±0.2[6] Myr
Other designations
2MASS J05385552-6904267, IRSF J05385552-6904267, DENIS J053855.4-690425, DENIS J053855.5-690426, Dor IRS 153
Database references
SIMBADdata

VFTS 682 is a Wolf–Rayet star in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It is located over 29 parsecs (95 ly) north-east of the massive cluster R136 in the Tarantula Nebula.[5] It is 138 times the mass of the Sun and 3.2 million times more luminous, which makes it one of the most massive and most luminous stars known.

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