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  2. R136a1 - Wikipedia

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    R136a1 has a surface temperature of around 46,000 K (45,700 °C; 82,300 °F), eight times as hot as the Sun, and with peak radiation in the extreme ultraviolet. [ 4 ] R136a1 has a B–V index of about 0.03, which is a typical colour for an F-type star .

  3. List of largest nebulae - Wikipedia

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    Enormous Lyα nebula (ELAN) Around the quasar UM287 at around z=2.3. Cosmic filament illuminated by the quasar. MAMMOTH-1: 1,441,000 ly (442,000 pc) [7] Enormous Lyα nebula (ELAN) The nebula is associated with the galaxy overdensity BOSS1441, [7] which is a protocluster at z=2.3. The nebula represents the circumgalactic medium. Its emission is ...

  4. Boomerang Nebula - Wikipedia

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    The Boomerang Nebula is a protoplanetary nebula [2] located 5,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Centaurus. It is also known as the Bow Tie Nebula and catalogued as LEDA 3074547. [ 3 ] The nebula's temperature is measured at 1 K (−272.15 °C ; −457.87 °F ) making it the coolest natural place currently known in the Universe .

  5. NGC 6302 - Wikipedia

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    The structure in the nebula is among the most complex ever seen in planetary nebulae. The spectrum of Butterfly Nebula shows that its central star is one of the hottest stars known, with a surface temperature in excess of 250,000 degrees Celsius, implying that the star from which it formed must have been very large.

  6. NGC 2440 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 2440 is a planetary nebula, one of many in our galaxy. Its central star, HD 62166, [1] is possibly the hottest known white dwarf, about 400,000°F(200,000°C). The nebula is situated in the constellation Puppis. It was discovered by William Herschel on March 4, 1790. He described it as "a beautiful planetary nebula of a considerable degree ...

  7. Nebula - Wikipedia

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    One of the best examples of this is the Crab Nebula, in Taurus. The supernova event was recorded in the year 1054 and is labeled SN 1054. The compact object that was created after the explosion lies in the center of the Crab Nebula and its core is now a neutron star. Still other nebulae form as planetary nebulae.

  8. Orion Nebula - Wikipedia

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    The Orion Nebula is part of a much larger nebula known as the Orion molecular cloud complex, which extends throughout the constellation of Orion and includes Barnard's Loop, the Horsehead Nebula, M43, M78, and the Flame Nebula. Stars are forming throughout the entire Cloud Complex, but most of the young stars are concentrated in dense clusters ...

  9. NGC 7822 - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] The complex also includes one of the hottest stars discovered within 1 kpc of the Sun, namely BD+66 1673, which is an eclipsing binary system consisting of an O5V that exhibits a surface temperature of nearly 45,000 K and a luminosity about 100,000 times that of the Sun. [5] The star is one of the primary sources illuminating the nebula ...