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Pistol Star

The Pistol Star is an extremely luminous blue hypergiant star, one of the most luminous and massive known in the Milky Way. It is one of many massive young stars in the Quintuplet cluster in the Galactic Center region. The star owes its name to... Wikipedia
Surface temperature: 11,800 K
Mass: 5.47 × 10^31 kg (27.5 M☉)
Luminosity: 1.6 million L☉
Radius: 132.28 million mi
Constellation: Sagittarius
Coordinates: RA 17h 46m 15s | Dec -28° 50′ 4″
Spectral type: LBV