Melnick 42 [SEP] constellation
Melnick 42
Melnick 42 is a massive blue supergiant star in the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud located in the constellation Dorado. Although it is only 21 times the size of the sun, its high temperature of 47,300 K makes it one of the most luminous stars of the Tarantula Nebula at . It is less than two parsecs from the centre of the R136 cluster, although that is well outside the central core.
Mk 42 was originally classified as spectral type WN when it was discovered, then as O3 If
STS-30, STS-42, STS-57
- New York (Brooklyn): Jeffrey A. Hoffman — STS-51-D, STS-35, STS-46, STS-61, STS-75
- New York: Bruce E. Melnick — STS-41, STS-49
- New York (Brooklyn): "Gregory Olsen", third space tourist — Soyuz TMA-7/6
- New York: Robert A. Parker — STS-9, STS-35
- New York (Bronx): Mario Runco, Jr. — STS-44, STS-54, STS-77
- New York (Queens): "Dennis Tito",