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This image provided by NASA from the Spitzer Space Telescope shows the newly discovered second brighterst star in the our Galaxy, the "Peony Nebula Star," in the central region of our Milky Way. While the existance of the star was already known, it wasn't until the Spitzer telescope with infrared instruments were able to pierce the dust in the nebula so scientists calculate it's brightness. According to NASA the star puts out light equivalent to 3.2 million suns

The "Peony nebula" star, circled, is now the second-brightest star in our galaxy. A contender for the title of brightest star in our Milky Way galaxy has been unearthed in the dusty metropolis of the galaxy's center. Nicknamed the "Peony nebula star," the bright stellar bulb was revealed by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and other ground-based telescopes. It blazes with the light of an estimated 3.2 million suns. The reigning "brightest star" champion is Eta Carina, with a whopping solar wattage of 4.7 million suns. But according to astronomers, it's hard to pin down an exact brightness, or luminosity, for these scorching stars, so they could potentially shine with a similar amount of light.