NGC 7822

Young star forming nebula in the constellation of Cepheus. It is 2,900 light-years away and contains one of the hottest stars discovered within 1 kpc of the Sun, namely BD+66 1673, an eclipsing binary system consisting of a star that has a surface temperature of nearly 45,000 K and a luminosity about 100,000 times that of the Sun.

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Khurram Wadee ✅ · @mkwadee
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Khurram Wadee ✅ · @mkwadee
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