Deep-sky objects Vela (constellation)
deep-sky photograph of ngc 3132, known eight-burst or southern ring nebula. © nasa.
the gum nebula faint emission nebula, believed remains of million-year-old supernova. within lie smaller , younger vela supernova remnant. nebula of supernova explosion believed have been visible earth around 10,000 years ago. remnant contains vela pulsar, first pulsar identified optically. nearby ngc 2736, known pencil nebula.
hh-47 herbig-haro object, young star around 1,400 light-years sun ejecting material @ tremendous speed (up million kilometres per hour) surrounds. material glows hits surrounding gas.
ngc 2670 open cluster located in vela. has overall magnitude of 7.8 , 3,200 light-years earth. stars of ngc 2670, trumpler class ii 2 p , shapley class-d cluster, in conformation suggesting bow , arrow. class indicates poor, loose cluster, though detached star field. concentrated @ center, , less 50 stars range moderately in brightness.
located 2 degrees south of gamma velorum, ngc 2547 open cluster containing around 50 stars of magnitudes 7 15.
ngc 3201 globular cluster discovered james dunlop on may 28, 1826. stellar population inhomogeneous, varying distance core. effective temperature of stars shows increase greater distance, redder , cooler stars tending located closer core. of 2010, 1 of 2 clusters (including messier 4) shows definite inhomogeneous population.
rcw 36 star-forming region in vela, , 1 of nearest sites of massive star formation. star-forming region has given rise cluster of several hundred young stars power hii region. star-forming region lies in clump 6 in vela molecular ridge cloud c.
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