Southern Nebulae

glenc (Glen) · #1 16-12-2008, 08:52 AM

I have been looking at bright RCW and vBH nebulae using wikisky.
Gum 19 = RCW 34 (diam 2') seems pretty bright. It is 2.1 degrees from lam Vel in pa 280 at RA 08 56 28.23, dec -43 05 54.0

Refr:
RCW = H-α emission regions in Southern Milky Way (Rodgers+ 1960)
vBH = Southern Stars embedded in nebulosity (van den Bergh+, 1975)
http://www.wikisky.org/

astroron (Ron) · #2 16-12-2008, 09:55 AM

Glen, Have you tried VY Canis Major, otherwise known as the Little Homonculus.RA 07;23;06. Dec-25:46'24".
High mag is required.
It is a very interesting object

Ron

glenc (Glen) · #3 16-12-2008, 01:29 PM

Tried it last night, saw the star but not the neb.

glenc (Glen) · #4 17-12-2008, 05:48 AM

NGC 2626 = vBH 17a, diam 5.3', is another interesting object. It was found by John Herschel in 1835. His three descriptions, made with a 18.5" reflector, are attached. The star involved is mag 10. The image below is from http://www.wikisky.org/
See also http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...highlight=2626

glenc (Glen) · #5 17-12-2008, 06:33 AM

NGC 5367 = h3548, diam 4', is similar to NGC 2626 = h3131. The attached image is from wikisky and the six descriptions are from John Herschel. The bright star on the left of 5367 is mag 9.1. The binary star in the nebula, HJ 4636, is mag 9.9+10.5, with sep 3.8" and pa 34 in 2003.