Best Doradus
R136a1 is an extremely massive Wolf-Rayet star located within the R136 star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It is estimated to have an initial mass of roughly 300 solar masses, making it one of the most massive known stars in the universe. The star is highly luminous and is shedding mass rapi...
NGC 2060 is a star-forming region within the Tarantula Nebula complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. It contains N157B, a supernova remnant powered by an energetic pulsar and its surrounding pulsar-wind nebula. Astronomers study the region to examine massive-star...
S Doradus is a Luminous Blue Variable (LBV) star located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. It serves as the prototype for its class of variable stars, which undergo dramatic changes in brightness and sporadic mass-loss events known as S Doradus outbursts. The star r...
