RCW
89
Description: X-ray/optical composite of an Hα emission region in the Milky Way galaxy
Position: RA 15h 13m 55.52s Dec -59° 08' 08.8"
Constellation: Circinus
Image Credit: X-ray (NASA/CXC/SAO/P.Slane, et al.); Optical (WFAU/SuperCOSMOS)
Chandra Image: S0904
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From Wikipedia:
The RCW Catalogue (Rodgers, Campbell, Whiteoak) is an Astronomical catalogue of Hα-emission regions in the southern Milky Way, described in (Rodgers et al. 1960). It has 180 objects and includes many of the earlier Gum Catalog (84 items) objects, and the later Caldwell catalogue included some RCW.
The
Catalogue was compiled by Alexander William Rodgers, Colin T. Campbell
and John Bartlett Whiteoak, who led by Bart Bok, catalogued southern nebulae
while working at the Mount Stromlo Observatory in Australia in the 1960s.
This image shows the neutron star PSR
B1509-58 within the RCW 89 region