WR 31a Nebula or Wolf Rayet 31a Nebula

 WR 31a, commonly referred to as Hen 3-519, is a Wolf Rayet (WR) star in the Southern Constellation of Carina that is surrounded by an expanding Wolf Rayet Nebula. It is not old but a young massive star, which still has some hydrogen left in it's atmosphere and may turn into Supernova in near future.

FACTS ABOUT THE WOLF RAYET 31a NEBULA (WR 31a):-

1. In 1994, WR 31a was first described as a candidate luminous blue variable (cLBV)

2. WR 31a is surrounded by a shell of ionised gas nearly eight light years wide

3. This Nebula was originally founded by Ellen Dorrit Hoffleit in 1953.

4. It expands with the velocity of 365 km/s (227 mi/s).

5. The dynamical age of the Nebula is estimated at 18,000 years.

6. It is in the constellation Carina.