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NGC 2327 and the
Seagull Nebula IC 2177 |
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The Seagull
nebula is part of the Canis Majoris OB1 association and Canis
Majoris R1 reflection nebula complex at a distance of 3750
light-years (1150 parsecs).
Most of the nebulosity visible on
the bottom of this image is part of the Seagull's Wings
(catalogued as IC 2177 or Sh2-296).
The Seagull's Head (catalogued as NGC 2327
or Sh2-292 or even Gum1), located just on the border between the constellations Monoceros
(the Unicorn) and Canis Majoris, is both an HII region and reflection nebula
(catalogued as vdB 93) and is ionized by the B0 subgiant HD
53367, a young 20 solar mass star with a 5 solar mass companion
in a highly elliptical orbit.
Sh 2-297 at the southern tip of
the wings (at right on this image) is also reflection nebula vdB
94 and is associated with the B1 star HD 53623.
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NGC 2327
and the Seagull Nebula IC 2177
between
Monoceros and Canis Majoris
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 Remarkable
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NGC 2327 is both an HII region and a reflection
nebula.
IC 2177 is
an HII region that resemble the Seagull's Wings.
VDB92 is a reflection nebula.
NGC 2335
is an open
cluster. |
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The
position of NGC2327 and the Seagull Nebula IC
2177 (in the white circle) between
Monoceros and Canis Majoris constellations.
Image from Megastar. |
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In order to produce the color image
seen here, I worked with data coming from 2
different photographic plates taken by the UK Schmidt Telescope in 1983
and 1989. The original file is about 51 Megapixels with a resolution of about
1 arcsec per pixel. The image show an
area of sky large 2.0°
×
2.0° (for
comparison, the full-Moon has a diameter of about 0.5°).
Copyright:
Davide De Martin (http://www.skyfactory.org).
This image is a composite from black
and white images taken with the Anglo Australian
Observatory's 48-inch (1.2-meter) UK Schmidt
Telescope.
Credit:
Anglo-Australian
Observatory,
UK Schmidt
Telescope, Digitized
Sky Survey. |
