Plaskett's Star

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Plaskett's Star , also known as HR 2422 and V640 Monocerotis, is a spectroscopic binary at a distance of around 4,300 light-years. It is one of the most massive binary stars known, with a total mass of around one hundred times that of the Sun.

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