Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5408  ·  The star φ Cen  ·  The star χ Cen
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CG12 / Be146The magnificent cometary globule CG 12 in Centaurus was discovered by Hawarden & Brand (1976) at an unusually high latitude of b = 21°. Cometary globules generally represent secondary star formation regions facing toward groups of massive young stars (Reipurth 1983). Williams et al. (1977) showed that the CG 12 globule harbours a group of young stars known as NGC 5367. It has long been recognised that the cometary appearance and star formation activity of CG 12 could be the result of a nearby supernova explosion.

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Be146, Geoff Healey