What is the diameter of R136a1?

26.098 million miR136a1 / Diameter

Size – Mass – Luminosity R136a1 has a diameter of about 30 million miles / 48 million kilometers – about 35 times bigger than our Sun and has a radius of about 15 million miles / 24 million kilometers. Its mass is about 315 times the mass of our Sun, being 9 million times more luminous than our star.

Where is R136a1?

RA 5h 38m 42s | Dec -69° 6′ 3″R136a1 / Coordinates

Is R136a1 bigger than Uy scuti?

Although R136a1 is the most massive known star, it is not the largest, since it only stretches about 30 times the radius of our sun. The largest known star is UY Scuti, a hypergiant with a radius somewhere around 1,700 times larger than the sun. Its mass, however, is only 30 times that of our nearest star.

Is R136a1 a blue Hypergiant?

But stars can also change size as they age. While the blue supergiant R136a1 has more mass than almost any other star scientists have discovered, it is still smaller in size than very old and bloated red supergiants. Some stars have less mass than the Sun, some have more.

How many solar masses is R136a1?

The star R136a1, found in the R136 cluster, is the most massive star ever found, with a current mass of about 265 solar masses and with a birthweight of as much as 320 times that of the Sun.

Is WOH G64 bigger than UY Scuti?

The upper part of the range would make it larger than UY Scuti. Another hypergiant star is WOH G64, also in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and thus located at a distance of some 168,000 light years from Earth.

Who discovered R136a1?

A European research team led by Paul Crowther, professor of Astrophysics at the University of Sheffield in England, discovered the massive stars inside two young clusters of stars – NGC 3603 and RMC 136a.

What type of star is R136a1?

WN5hR136a1 / Spectral type

How luminous is R136a1?

150,000 L☉R136a1 / Luminosity