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NGC 3199
Emission nebula
Observation data: J2000 epoch
Right ascension10h 16m 32.8s [1]
Declination−57° 56′ 02″ [1]
Constellation Carina
DesignationsGUM 28, RCW 48 [1]
See also: Lists of nebulae

NGC 3199 [2] [1] [3] is an emission nebula in the constellation Carina. It is commonly known as the Banana Nebula. [4] The object was discovered in 1826 by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. [5] It was thought to be the bow shock around the central star, WR 18, an especially hot and luminous Wolf–Rayet star; however, it was determined that the nebula formed due to the composition of local space, not because of the star's movement. [6]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d "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. ^ Chadwick, Stephen; Cooper, Ian (11 December 2012). Imaging the Southern Sky. Springer. p. 75. ISBN  978-1461447498.
  5. ^ Seligman, Courtney. "NGC Objects: NGC 3150 - 3199". cseligman.com. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  6. ^ 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 (1): 76. arXiv: 1708.02177. Bibcode: 2017ApJ...846...76T. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8554. S2CID  119076796.

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