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NGC 4361
NGC 4361 (also known as the Lawn Sprinkler Nebula or Garden Sprinkler Nebula) is a planetary nebula in the Corvus constellation. It is included in the Astronomical League's Herschel 400 Observing Program.
NGC 4361's central star, which has the Henry Draper Catalogue designation HD 107969, is an extremely hot [WC] Wolf-Rayet type star. Its temperature is 126,000 K. It is nearly 18,000 times brighter than the Sun, but is only 6.1% its size. This star left the asymptotic giant branch between 5,776 and 8,018 years ago.
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NGC 4361
NGC 4361 (also known as the Lawn Sprinkler Nebula or Garden Sprinkler Nebula) is a planetary nebula in the Corvus constellation. It is included in the Astronomical League's Herschel 400 Observing Program.
NGC 4361's central star, which has the Henry Draper Catalogue designation HD 107969, is an extremely hot [WC] Wolf-Rayet type star. Its temperature is 126,000 K. It is nearly 18,000 times brighter than the Sun, but is only 6.1% its size. This star left the asymptotic giant branch between 5,776 and 8,018 years ago.