Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Carina (Car)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3199
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NGC 3199 - The Banana Nebula, Timothy Martin
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NGC 3199 - The Banana Nebula

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NGC 3199 - The Banana Nebula, Timothy Martin
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NGC 3199 - The Banana Nebula

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My friend @Daniel Stern gathered this data with his CDK17 in Rio Hurtado and was kind enough to allow me to process it. It was originally thought that this nebula was the result of outflow from the central Wolf-Rayet star WR18. But it was later determined that the nebula is the result of gasses already present in the region. The Banana is about 12,000 light years away and is about 75 light years in diameter.

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