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HD 38282 (R144 BAT99-118 Brey 89) is a massive binary star in the Tarantula Nebula (Large Magellanic Cloud) consisting of two hydrogen-rich Wolf-Rayet stars.Both stars are young and massive amongst the most luminous known. They form a spectroscopic binary with a period of a few months. The orbit is not well known so the masses of the stars are only estimated.

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