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NGC2359 Thor's Helmet Nebula Starless, Gerald de Beer

NGC2359 Thor's Helmet Nebula Starless

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NGC2359 Thor's Helmet Nebula Starless, Gerald de Beer

NGC2359 Thor's Helmet Nebula Starless

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NGC 2359 (also known as Thor's Helmet) is an emission nebula in the constellation Canis Major. The nebula is approximately 3,670 parsecs (11.96 thousand light years) away and 30 light-years in size. The central star is the Wolf-Rayet star WR7, an extremely hot star thought to be in a brief pre-supernova stage of evolution. It is similar in nature to the Bubble Nebula, but interactions with a nearby large molecular cloud are thought to have contributed to the more complex shape and curved bow-shock structure of Thor's Helmet.

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NGC2359 Thor's Helmet Nebula Starless, Gerald de Beer