Pismis 20


Pismis 20 is a compact open cluster in Circinus. It is located at the heart of the Circinus OB1 association in the Norma Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy. Pismis 20 is about away and only about 5 million years old. HD 134959, a blue supergiant variable star also called CX Circinus, is the brightest star in Pismis 20.
Star nameMV numberEffective temperatureAbsolute magnitudeBolometric magnitudeMass Spectral typeRef.
WR 671156000-4.03-89WN6-w
CX Circinus 120900-7.9-9.850B2.5Ia
642600-4.2-8.234B
234400-5.4-8.834O8.5I
328800-5.5-8.426B0I
730200-5-823B0III
429500-5-7.923B0.2III
530200-4.5-7.520B0III