RCW 106 explained

Credit:	NASA
RCW 106
Type:	H II region
Epoch:	J2000.0
Constellation:	Norma
Names:	NGC 6188
Dist Ly:	4,000
Ra:	16 19 47.0
Dec:	-51 04 06

RCW 106 is a large star-forming nebula in the Constellation Norma. ^[1] RCW 106 is visible in the direction of the R103 OB association and is embedded in a 100 thousand solar mass 28 pc x 94 pc giant molecular cloud. The RCW catalogue designates the two brightest regions of this nebula as RCW 106a^[2] and RCW 106b^[3] but these do not appear to be distinct objects.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Guide . Universe . RCW 106 Nebula Facts & Picture . 2024-03-21 . Universe Guide . en-us.
2. Mookerjea . B. . Kramer . C. . Nielbock . M. . Nyman . L. -Å. . 2004-10-01 . The Giant Molecular Cloud associated with RCW 106. A 1.2 mm continuum mapping study . Astronomy and Astrophysics . 426 . 119–129 . 10.1051/0004-6361:20040365 . 0004-6361. astro-ph/0406510 . 2004A&A...426..119M .
3. Garmire . Gordon . 2012-09-01 . The Massive Star-forming Complex RCW 106 . Chandra Proposal . 3707. 2012cxo..prop.3707G .
4. Karnik . A. D. . Ghosh . S. K. . Rengarajan . T. N. . Verma . R. P. . 2001-09-01 . Study of star formation in RCW 106 using far-infrared observations . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 326 . 1 . 293–302 . 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04596.x . free . 0035-8711. astro-ph/0104350 . 2001MNRAS.326..293K .