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R136

R136 is the central concentration of stars in the NGC 2070 star cluster, which lies at the centre of the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud. When originally named it was an unresolved stellar object but is now known to include 72 class... Wikipedia
Distance to Earth: 158,200 light years
Apparent magnitude (V): 9.5
Constellation: Dorado
Distance: 157 kly (48.5 kpc)
Estimated age: 1.5+0.3; −0.7 million years
Mass: 90,000 M
Other designations: UCAC2 1803442, SAO 249329, HD 38268, TYC 9163-1014-1, CD-69 324, GC 7114