VFTS 352

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VFTS 352

Summary

VFTS 352 is a contact binary star[1]. It draws 49 Wikipedia views per month (contact_binary_star category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • VFTS 352 is credited with the discovery of Paranal Observatory[3].
  • VFTS 352's video is recorded as Zooming in on VFTS 352 (eso1540b).webm[4].
  • VFTS 352's image is recorded as An artist’s impression of the hottest and most massive touching double star.jpg[5].
  • VFTS 352's instance of is recorded as contact binary star[6].
  • VFTS 352's constellation is recorded as Dorado[7].
  • VFTS 352's spectral class is recorded as O4.5V / O5.5V[8].
  • VFTS 352's spectral class is recorded as 5 V(n)((fc)):z: + O5.5 V(n)((fc)):z:[9].
  • VFTS 352's spectral class is recorded as O4.5V(n)((fc)):z:+O5.5V(n)((fc)):z:[10].
  • VFTS 352's part of is recorded as NGC 2070[11].
  • VFTS 352's Commons category is recorded as VFTS 352[12].
  • VFTS 352's catalog code is recorded as 2MASS J05382845-691119[13].
  • VFTS 352's catalog code is recorded as 2MASS J05382845-6911191[14].
  • VFTS 352's catalog code is recorded as OGLE LMC-ECL-36504[15].
  • VFTS 352's catalog code is recorded as OGLE LMC553.25.024137[16].
  • VFTS 352's catalog code is recorded as OGLE BRIGHT-LMC-ECL-9[17].
  • VFTS 352's catalog code is recorded as IRSF J05382846-6911192[18].
  • VFTS 352's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 4657678216202797440[19].
  • VFTS 352's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2015-10-00T00:00:00Z[20].
  • VFTS 352's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Tarantula Nebula[21].
  • VFTS 352's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.28'}[22].
  • VFTS 352's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.4305'}[23].
  • VFTS 352's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.467'}[24].
  • VFTS 352's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.433'}[25].
  • VFTS 352's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.472'}[26].
  • VFTS 352's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.485'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

VFTS 352 is credited with the discovery of Paranal Observatory[3].

Why It Matters

VFTS 352 draws 49 Wikipedia views per month (contact_binary_star category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . simbad.u-strasbg.fr. simbad.u-strasbg.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. XIV. The O-type stellar content of 30 Doradus. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. XIV. The O-type stellar content of 30 Doradus. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey. I. Introduction and observational overview. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003). wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Variable stars from the OGLE-III Shallow Survey in the Large Magellanic Cloud. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). VFTS 352. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/vfts-352
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_vfts-352_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{VFTS 352}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/vfts-352}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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