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NGC2359 Thor's Helmet, Steven Joseph Hill

NGC2359 Thor's Helmet

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NGC2359 Thor's Helmet, Steven Joseph Hill

NGC2359 Thor's Helmet

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NGC2359 (AKA Thor's Helmet) is an emission nebula located in the constellation of Canis Major. The nebula is approximately 3,670 parsecs (11.96 thousand light years) distant from Earth, 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, Steven Joseph Hill

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