Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Corvus (Crv)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4361  ·  PK294+43.1
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NGC 4361 Ravens Eye HOO RGB, Jerry Yesavage
NGC 4361 Ravens Eye HOO RGB, Jerry Yesavage

NGC 4361 Ravens Eye HOO RGB

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NGC 4361 Ravens Eye HOO RGB, Jerry Yesavage
NGC 4361 Ravens Eye HOO RGB, Jerry Yesavage

NGC 4361 Ravens Eye HOO RGB

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NGC 4361's central star is an extremely hot [WC] Wolf-Rayet type star. Its temperature is at 270,000 K,[4] hotter than every classical Wolf–Rayet star known, and it is the hottest known non-neutron star. It is nearly 18,000 times brighter than the sun, but is only 6.1% its size. This star is only 1,230 years old.

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NGC 4361 Ravens Eye HOO RGB, Jerry Yesavage

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