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SH2-3 / RCW120, Georg N. Nyman
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SH2-3 / RCW120

SH2-3 / RCW120, Georg N. Nyman
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SH2-3 / RCW120

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RCW120 also known as SH2-3 is a star formation region in the constellation Scorpius, in about 4300LJ distance. Intensive UV radiation triggers the surrounding dust to start emitting radiation, in the visible spectrum mostly in the H and S spectral range. It is a HII region of intense radiation.

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SH2-3 / RCW120, Georg N. Nyman