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Originally Posted by nebulosity.
An awesome image Troy  Where a bouts is this located? |
It's about 47x48 deg centered on 08:11:34.699 -39:53:04.234
The star closest to centre is Naos (Zeta Puppis). It contains all of Puppis, Pyxiz, and Vela; and parts of Carina, Columba, Canis Major and Pictor.
[edit]astrometry,net says all the following DSOs are in the field: NGC2152, NGC2191, NGC2205, NGC2206, NGC2221, NGC2222, NGC2217, NGC2223, NGC2227, NGC2243, NGC2272, NGC2297, NGC2280, NGC2287/M41, NGC2298, NGC2310, IC456, NGC2325, NGC2354, NGC2369, NGC2362, NGC2381, NGC2367, NGC2383, NGC2384, IC2200, NGC2417, NGC2421, NGC2427, NGC2439, NGC2432, NGC2440, NGC2447/M93, NGC2451, NGC2452, NGC2453, NGC2455, NGC2477, NGC2467, NGC2482, NGC2479, NGC2483, NGC2502, NGC2489, NGC2516, NGC2509, NGC2527, NGC2533, NGC2547, NGC2546, IC500, NGC2559, NGC2567, NGC2566, IC2311, NGC2571, NGC2579, NGC2580, NGC2588, NGC2587, IC2367, NGC2610, NGC2613, NGC2626, NGC2627, NGC2640, NGC2635, IC2391, IC2395, NGC2660, NGC2659, NGC2658, NGC2669, NGC2670, NGC2671, IC2437, NGC2763, NGC2781, NGC2784, NGC2818, NGC2811, NGC2815, NGC2835, NGC2837, NGC2847, NGC2848, IC2469, NGC2865, NGC2888, NGC2899, IC2488, NGC2910, NGC2925, NGC2935, NGC2972, IC2507, NGC2997, NGC3001, IC2510, NGC3033, IC2511, IC2512, IC2513, IC2514, NGC3038, NGC3056, IC2522, IC2523, IC2526, NGC3087, NGC3095, IC2532, IC2533, NGC3100, NGC3105, IC2534, IC2536, IC2538, NGC3132/"Eight-burst planetary", IC2548, IC2552, NGC3201, NGC3228, NGC3244, NGC3256, NGC3261, NGC3262, NGC3263, IC2592
This is also one of the closest nebulae. Perhaps from a sufficient distance it might look similar to the HII bubbles seen in the LMC/SMC.
