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GCIRS 8*
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<p>GCIRS 8* (Galactic Centre IRS 8*) is a young massive <a href="/facts/Star/PFbd6ICx">star</a> in the <a href="/facts/Galactic_Center/TI4MwWwM">Galactic Center</a> region, discovered in May 2006. <i>IRS 8</i> is an <a href="/facts/Infra-red/44XdJNcc">infra-red</a> source identified as a bowshock. The star causing the bowshock has been classified as an O5-O6 giant or supergiant several hundred thousand times as luminous as the sun. It is estimated to be 3.5 million years old, although if it is a binary then it would probably be older. The mass is estimated at 38 M☉. </p>