Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  28 Cyg  ·  NGC 6883  ·  The star b2 Cyg
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WR-134, BrianH
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WR 134 is a variable Wolf-Rayet star located around 6,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus, surrounded by a faint bubble nebula blown by the intense radiation and fast wind from the star. It is five times the radius of the sun, but due to a temperature over 63,000 K it is 400,000 times as luminous as the Sun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WR_134

In simple English, WR 134 is a really big, hot and bright star that is ionizing nearby hydrogen and oxygen gas.

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WR-134, BrianH