Berkeley 87
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Berkeley 87 is an open cluster in a heavily obscured region of the Milky Way in Cygnus. The rare WO type Wolf–Rayet star WR 142 is a member of Berkeley 87. This cluster contains HD 229059, which, as of August 2021, is the nearest known star to Earth with a bolometric luminosity greater than 1 million .
Berkeley 87 is an open cluster in a heavily obscured region of the Milky Way in Cygnus. The rare WO type Wolf–Rayet star WR 142 is a member of Berkeley 87. This cluster contains HD 229059, which, as of August 2021, is the nearest known star to Earth with a bolometric luminosity greater than 1 million .
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