NGC 4361 (also known as the Lawn Sprinkler Nebula
or Garden Sprinkler Nebula) is a
planetary nebula in the constellation of
Corvus.
It is included in the
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's
Herschel 400 Observing Program.
Central star
NGC 4361's central star is an extremely hot
CWolf-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
The asymptotic giant branch (AGB) is a region of the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram populated by evolved cool luminous stars. This is a period of stellar evolution undertaken by all low- to intermediate-mass stars (about 0.5 to 8 solar masses) lat ...
between 5776 and 8018 years ago.
Gallery
File:NGC 4361 legacy dr10.jpg, NGC 4361 with legacy surveys
File:NGC 4361.jpg, NGC 4361 imaged in infrared
Infrared (IR), sometimes called infrared light, is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than those of visible light. It is therefore invisible to the human eye. IR is generally understood to encompass wavelengths from around ...
by the Spitzer Space Telescope
The Spitzer Space Telescope, formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), was an infrared space telescope launched in 2003. Operations ended on 30 January 2020. Spitzer was the third space telescope dedicated to infrared astronomy, f ...
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Corvus (constellation)
Planetary nebulae
4361
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Wolf–Rayet stars