NGC 3199

NGC 3199
Emission nebula
Observation data: J2000 epoch
Right ascension 10h 16m 32.8s[1]
Declination −57° 56′ 02″[1]
Constellation Carina
Designations GUM 28, RCW 48[1]

NGC 3199[2][1][3] is a emission nebula in the constellation Carina. The object was discovered on April 1 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel. It is a bow shock around the central star, WR 18, a Wolf–Rayet star.[4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "NGC 3199". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  3. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 3199". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  4. ↑ Toalá, J. A; Marston, A. P; Guerrero, M. A; Chu, Y.-H; Gruendl, R. A (2017). "Hot Gas in the Wolf–Rayet Nebula NGC 3199". The Astrophysical Journal. 846: 76. arXiv:1708.02177. Bibcode:2017ApJ...846...76T. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa8554.
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