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Old 02-06-2021, 09:33 AM
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Very cool target & well found Greg,
(Is there an RCW reference atlas some where you can share?)

Thinking about the science behind this. It's my understanding that Wolf-Rayet stars are superheated O3 rich giants, creating nebulas from swirling superheated stellar winds, such as can be found in SH2-308, Thors' Helmet and NGC 2020 in the LMC.

So I'm curious as to why the O3 signal is so weak here.
Maybe that's a question for the Astrophysicists here to answer?

Well done.
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