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R136
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Also known as RMC 136, HD 38268, LH 100

R136 (formerly known as RMC 136 from the Radcliffe Observatory Magellanic Clouds catalogue) 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 (catalogued as HD 38268 and Wolf–Rayet star Brey 82) but is now known to include 72 class O and Wolf–Rayet stars within 5 parsecs (20 arc seconds) of the centre of the cluster. The extreme number and concentration of young massive stars in this part of the LMC qualifies it as a starburst region.

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Open cluster.name
R136
Open cluster.image
280px
Open cluster.caption
In ultraviolet, visible, and red light by Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3
Open cluster.credit
NASA, ESA
Open cluster.epoch
J2000.0
Open cluster.constellation
Dorado
Open cluster.dist_ly
157 kly
Open cluster.dist_pc
48.5 kpc
Open cluster.appmag_v
9.50
Open cluster.age
million years
Open cluster.mass_msol
90,000
Open cluster.names
UCAC2 1803442, SAO 249329, HD 38268, TYC 9163-1014-1, CD-69 324, GC 7114

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Distance from Earth
170000
Image
Grand star-forming region R136 in NGC 2070 (visible and ultraviolet, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope).jpg
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Commons category
R136
catalog code
UCAC2 1803442
apparent magnitude
5.40
right ascension
84.6667
declination
-69.0967
radial velocity
274
spectral class
O+WN
declination component of proper motion
3
right ascension component of proper motion
28
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R136 (formerly known as RMC 136 from the Radcliffe Observatory Magellanic Clouds catalogue) 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 (catalogued as HD 38268 and Wolf–Rayet star Brey 82) but is now known to include 72 class O and Wolf–Rayet stars within 5 parsecs (20 arc seconds) of the centre of the cluster. The extreme number and concentration of young massive stars in this part of the LMC qualifies it as a starburst region.

==Properties== R136 produces most of the energy that makes the Tarantula Nebula visible. The estimated mass of the cluster is 450,000 solar masses, suggesting it may become a globular cluster in the future. R136 has around 200 times the stellar density of a typical OB association such as Cygnus OB2. The central R136 concentration of the cluster is about 2 parsecs across, although the whole NGC 2070 cluster is much larger.

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