Berkeley 87 is an open cluster in a heavily obscured region of the Milky Way in Cygnus. The rare WO type Wolf–Rayet star WR 142 is a member of Berkeley 87.

This cluster contains HD 229059 which, as of August 2021, is the nearest known star to Earth with a bolometric luminosity greater than 1 million L☉.[citation needed]

Star nameEffective temperatureAbsolute magnitudeBolometric magnitudeMass (M)Spectral type
WR 142 (Berkeley 87–29)200000 K-3.13-10.128.6WO2
HD 229059 (Berkeley 87–3)26300 K-7.7-10.369B1Ia
Berkeley 87-2535700 K-5.6-9.139O8.5III
Berkeley 87-1537800 K-5-8.634B[e]
Berkeley 87-429500 K-5-7.923B0.2III

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