Best close-up of universe's most massive star reveals it might be smaller than thought

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The most massive known star in the universe has been photographed in the greatest detail to and it might be smaller than astronomers previously thought.

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"star may be closer to 170 to 230 times that of the sun — which still qualifies it as the most massive known star. "

I know wiki is not the best source for information, but it says this:

Westerhout 49-2 (in Westerhout 49)	250	36,200	18.246 (J band)	35,500	Spectroscopy	SIMBAD	[5][6]
BAT99-98 (in Tarantula Nebula of LMC)	226	165,000	13.37	45,000	Spectroscopy	SIMBAD	[7][8]

Second column is mass. According to this, at least two other stars we know of are more massive than the one in the article if the new measurements are correct and depending on the actual mass (170 SOL or 230 SOL).