IRAS 17163-3907

IRAS 17163-3907, also known as Fried Egg Nebula, is a yellow hypergiant star in the constellation Scorpius, the star is located at around 13,000 light years away from earth

Information

Nebula around the yellow hypergiant star IRAS 17163-3907, taken by the Very Large Telescope

• Mass: 22 solar masses
• Radius: 325 solar radius
• Luminosity: 500,000 solar luminosities
• Temperature: 8,300-8,500 Kelvin (8,027-8,227 °C)
• Spectral Type: A3Ia0-A6Ia0

See also

• Rho Cassiopeiae
• V382 Carinae
• V509 Cassiopeiae
• V766 Centauri
• HD 179821
• IRAS 19244+1115