WOH G64

280,000 L ☉

WOH G64 is one of the largest known stars. It is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way and is found in the constellation of swordfish, which is located on the southern hemisphere of the sky.

WOH G64 is a red hyper- giant around which a thick ring of dust has formed with a diameter of about 30,000 AU. The star, who has already lost much of its original mass in the dust ring by the ejection of matter will explode in about 1000 to 10,000 years ago as a supernova.

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