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Old 08-June-2007, 01:19 AM
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A1 is the most massive star known. It is the first star to have a confirmed mass greater than 100 times that of the Sun. It's binary secondary is also very massive, as are some nearby stars in the open cluster/emission nebula NGC 3603. Formulaterp already supplied one of the links that I was going to cite. Here's another: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science...ive-star_N.htm

The saucy in saucy (not so) little number refered to the star's namesake, i.e., A1 Steak Sauce.

http://www.kraftfoods.com/a1/

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