NGC 3199 explained

NGC 3199
Type:emission
Ra:[1]
Names:GUM 28, RCW 48

NGC 3199[2] [1] [3] is an emission nebula in the constellation Carina. It is commonly known as the Banana Nebula[4] or Carina's Smile.[5] The object was discovered in 1826 by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop.[6] It was thought to be the bow shock around the central star, WR 18, an especially hot and luminous Wolf–Rayet star; however, it was determined that the nebula formed due to the composition of local space, not because of the star's movement.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. NGC 3199. 17 February 2018.
  2. Web site: Your NED Search Results . nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu . 2018-04-18.
  3. Web site: Revised NGC Data for NGC 3199 . spider.seds.org . 2018-04-18.
  4. Book: Chadwick . Stephen . Cooper . Ian . Imaging the Southern Sky . 11 December 2012 . Springer . 978-1461447498 . 75.
  5. Book: Stoyan, Ronald. Schurig. Stephan. interstellarum Deep Sky Atlas. Cambridge University Press; Oculum-Verlag GmbH. Erlangen. 2014. 978-1-107-50338-0. 920437579.
  6. Web site: NGC Objects: NGC 3150 - 3199. 14 February 2019. cseligman.com. Seligman, Courtney.
  7. 2017ApJ...846...76T. 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8554. 1708.02177. Hot Gas in the Wolf–Rayet Nebula NGC 3199. The Astrophysical Journal. 846. 1. 76. 2017. Toalá. J. A. Marston. A. P. Guerrero. M. A. Chu. Y.-H. Gruendl. R. A. 119076796 . free .

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