Right ascension 7 28 29.6 Redshift 70 km/s Apparent size (V) 1′.7 × 1′.1 | Declination +69° 11′ 34″ Distance 10 million light-years Magnitude 15.5 Apparent magnitude (V) 15.5 | |
Similar NGC 2366, NGC 2397, NGC 2354 | ||
NGC 2363 is a star-forming region in the Magellanic galaxy NGC 2366 which is located in the constellation Camelopardalis. It contains NGC 2363-V1, a Luminous Blue Variable star which is 6,300,000 times more luminous than the Sun and one of the most luminous stars known. It can be seen in this Hubble Space Telescope image as the bright isolated star in the dark void on the left of the nebula.
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