NGC 4361

NGC 4361 is a planetary nebula in the Corvus constellation. It is included in the Astronomical League's Herschel 400 Observing Program.

Central star

NGC 4361's central star, which has the Henry Draper Catalogue designation HD 107969, is an extremely hot 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.