编辑“︁WR 104”︁（章节）

==對地球的可能威脅==
部分光學觀測指出 WR 104 的自轉軸與正對地球方向夾角在 16° 內<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tuthill |first=Peter G. |last2=Monnier |first2=John D. |last3=Lawrance |first3=Nicholas |last4=Danchi |first4=William C. |last5=Owocki |first5=Stan P. |last6=Gayley |first6=Kenneth G. |date=2008-03 |title=The Prototype Colliding‐Wind Pinwheel WR 104 |url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/527286 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |language=en |volume=675 |issue=1 |doi=10.1086/527286 |issn=0004-637X |access-date=2022-11-22 |archive-date=2021-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028040650/https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/527286 |dead-url=no }}</ref>。因為超新星爆炸時在恆星旋轉的兩極會產生噴流，這暗示了 WR104 變成[[超新星]]時對地球可能影響。雖然目前仍無法知道 WR104 何時可能變成超新星，但 WR 104 甚至可能在超新星爆炸時造成[[伽瑪射線暴]]<ref name=gekko/>。較新的光譜資料則指出 WR 104 的自轉軸可能與指向地球方向夾角在 30–40° 之間<ref>[http://news.discovery.com/space/gamma-ray-wolf-rayet.html Discovery News] {{Wayback|url=http://news.discovery.com/space/gamma-ray-wolf-rayet.html |date=20121120235624 }} August 4, 2009 Retrieved May 18, 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.universetoday.com/23342/wr-104-wont-kill-us-after-all/ Universe Today] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120919074741/http://www.universetoday.com/23342/wr-104-wont-kill-us-after-all/ |date=2012-09-19 }} January 7, 2009 Retrieved September 3, 2010</ref>。