Closer look at Gum 48d HII region (or shall we call it a "Bat'leth nebula"?) in Centaurus with 1m aperture, Alexandr Zaytsev
Closer look at Gum 48d HII region (or shall we call it a "Bat'leth nebula"?) in Centaurus with 1m aperture, Alexandr Zaytsev

Closer look at Gum 48d HII region (or shall we call it a "Bat'leth nebula"?) in Centaurus with 1m aperture

Revision title: Version of the original image with full star suppression applied

Closer look at Gum 48d HII region (or shall we call it a "Bat'leth nebula"?) in Centaurus with 1m aperture, Alexandr Zaytsev
Closer look at Gum 48d HII region (or shall we call it a "Bat'leth nebula"?) in Centaurus with 1m aperture, Alexandr Zaytsev

Closer look at Gum 48d HII region (or shall we call it a "Bat'leth nebula"?) in Centaurus with 1m aperture

Revision title: Version of the original image with full star suppression applied

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Description

3h of integral Ha exposure of Gum 48d (RCW80) HII region around HD 119796 (Supergiant HR 5171, +6.4m) star - captured remotely Telescope #1 (ASA-RC D = 1m f/6.8, FLI ProLine 16803) system of ChileScope observatory, over 2 imaging sessions carried out on Apr 17 & 23, 2023.


A wider FOV image of the same object in Ha obtained with Chilescope T3 instrument is also available under [1]:

[1] https://www.astrobin.com/1y22f3/


A compact dark cloud located close to the central (HD 119796) star is a particularly interesting feature here:

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