What is LBV 1806-20?
{{more sources|date=November 2018}} {{one source|date=November 2018}} [[File:1806-20 cluster.jpg|alt=|thumb|LBV 1806-20 is the brighest star on the left side of this picture.]] '''LBV 1806-20''' is a blue supergiant [[star]]. It is 2,000,000 times brighter than the [[Sun]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2012/02/aa18040-11/aa18040-11.html|title=The first X-ray survey of Galactic luminous blue variables|first1=D.|last1=Hutsemékers|first2=G.|last2=Rauw|first3=Y.|last3=Nazé|date=1 February 2012|journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics|volume=538|pages=A47|via=www.aanda.org|doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201118040|arxiv=1111.6375|bibcode=2012A&A...538A..47N|s2cid=43688343}}</ref> It is located in the [[Sagittarius]] constellation but due to dust is not visible to the [[naked eye]]. The star is 1,135 times larger than the [[Sun]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1086%2F422180|doi = 10.1086/422180|title = Infrared Observations of the Candidate LBV 1806-20 and Nearby Cluster Stars|year = 2004|last1 = Eikenberry|first1 = S. S.|last2 = Matthews|first2 = K.|last3 = Lavine|first3 = J. L.|last4 = Garske|first4 = M. A.|last5 = Hu|first5 = D.|last6 = Jackson|first6 = M. A.|last7 = Patel|first7 = S. G.|last8 = Barry|first8 = D. J.|last9 = Colonno|first9 = M. R.|last10 = Houck|first10 = J. R.|last11 = Wilson|first11 = J. C.|last12 = Corbel|first12 = S.|last13 = Smith|first13 = J. D.|journal = The Astrophysical Journal|volume = 616|issue = 1|pages = 506–518|arxiv = astro-ph/0404435|bibcode = 2004ApJ...616..506E|s2cid = 18042381}}</ref> ==Related pages== * [[WR 102ka]] * [[Pistol Star]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Supergiants]] [[Category:Variable stars]] [[Category:Stars]] {{sci-stub}} {{physics-stub}}