# Pistol Star

> one of the most luminous known stars in the Milky Way Galaxy

**Wikidata**: [Q5115](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5115)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistol_Star)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/pistol-star


## References

1. SIMBAD
2. VizieR
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
4. Large-amplitude variables near the Galactic Centre
5. VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)
6. Pistol Star. All Skies Encyclopaedia
7. Quora