Hi Steve, Ron & suma 126,
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Originally Posted by kinetic
found your guy.....good estimate of part of your co ordinates
No hang on...an open cluster, just spotted it....called Lynga 3
Edit: Here's the weird thing though...when properly resized and
rotated, then overlaid on your image.....Lynga 3 is not your object.
So.....lens flare possibly from a nearby bright star?
A few open clusters nearby Steve
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Well done Steve on identifying the field -- I think you are spot on.
After a bit of a SIMBAD search on the co-ordinates, I'm pretty certain the object in the photo is a poor image of the HII region RCW 91B
The SIMBAD page is here:
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/si...&submit=submit
The position is a very close match (good enough given that it is a diffuse extended object).
A wider image using Sky-Map.org is here:
http://www.sky-map.org/?ra=15.302206...mg_source=DSS2
Hope the looooong links don't break!
The two brighter stars nr bottom are Gamma and Beta Circini, the nebula is a little above centre, directly N of Beta Circini.
A nice little puzzle for a Friday night!
Comments??
Best,
Les D