Region around WR102

Region around WR102
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Region around WR102

WR 102 is a Wolf–Rayet star in the constellation Sagittarius, an extremely rare star on the WO oxygen sequence. It is a luminous and very hot star, highly evolved and close to exploding as a supernova. It is one of the very few known oxygen-sequence Wolf–Rayet stars, just four in the Milky Way galaxy and six in externalgalaxies. It is also the hottest known, with a surface temperature of 210,000 K.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Telescope
AUS-2 .... Takahashi FSQ-106ED
Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Camera
FLI PL16803
Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Location
ObservatoryHeaven's Mirror Observatory
Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Date of observation
9 Aug 2021
Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Filters
HSO
Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Processing
Pixinsight, Photoshop, Topaz Sharpen AI
Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Credits
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