images

Pismis 24 star cluster in Scorpius

by

Nasa/Esa/Novapix

Reference

a-aou98-00100

Date

2006-12-11

High-resolution observations from Hubble have shed light on the real mass of a star previously believed to be amongst the heaviest known in our Milky Way. Originally, the mass of the star was thought to be an incredible 200-300 solar masses, but turned out to be only 100 solar masses.