Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Vela (Vel)
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Gum23 RCW38 in LRRGB, TWFowler
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Gum23 RCW38 in LRRGB

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Gum23 RCW38 in LRRGB, TWFowler
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Gum23 RCW38 in LRRGB

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Gum32 or RCW38 is a diffuse nebula in the constellation of Vela, about 5,500 light years distant. The large bright foreground star to the right of the image, FZ Velorum (HD77140), is an Am type blue star, about 4.4 times the mass of our Sun. It is about 225 light years distant.

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