Object: NGC 2359/Thor's Helmet

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Caption: Winds from a hot, massive star create a glowing bow shock as the star plows through the dense gas of its birth-cloud. The star will probably explode as a supernova within a few million years.

Image credit: L. van Zee, G. Rowe, & IU Astronomy

This project was partially funded by the Daniel Kirkwood Chair, the Hollis and Grete Johnson Astronomy Endowment funds, and from the Office of the Bicentennial.