N44C is part of a large region (known as N44) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) that is filled with nebulous hydrogen. What is odd about N44C is that the nebula is lit by an extremely hot star with a surface temperature of 75,000 K. In comparison, the hottest stars usually only have surface temperatures of 30,000 to 50,000 K! The N44 nebulae were created by several local supernovae, and it is believed that the very hot star lighting N44C is actually either a black hole or neutron star that occasionally emits vast amounts of x-rays.
