Melnick 34
BAT99-116 (commonly called Melnick 34 or Mk34) is a binary Wolf–Rayet star near R136 in the 30 Doradus complex (also known as the Tarantula Nebula) in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Both components are amongst the most massive and most luminous stars known, and the system is the most massive known binary system.
Q50053
binary
Concept
Q6251
Wolf–Rayet star
Concept
Q5116
R136
CEL
Q224145
30 Doradus
DIS
Q224145
Tarantula Nebula
DIS
Q49957
Large Magellanic Cloud
Concept
Q1142077
most massive
UNK
Q1141760
most luminous
UNK
Q18648808
Melnick 34
CEL
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99
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-116^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-116
NUMBER
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34
NUMBER
+34^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
34
NUMBER
+136^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
136
NUMBER
+30^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
30
NUMBER
part of
part of
part of
parent astronomical body
part of
part of