Wallpaper author:
Charles Graham Taylor
21 Apr 2024
RCW61
RCW 61 forms the feet of the Running Chicken nebula complex.
According to Avedisova, RCW 61 is ionised by three O9 giant stars: HD 100099 (O9 III), CD -62 535 (O9 II) and HD 100444 (O9 II), as well as three B-class stars. (SIMBAD reports that CD -62 535 and HD 100444 are the same star.)
Dataset from which the image was processed
IC 2944
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