Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Centaurus (Cen)  ·  Contains:  IC 4291
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IC_4291 (Pismis18) in wide field - gorgeous surroundings, Claudio Tenreiro
IC_4291 (Pismis18) in wide field - gorgeous surroundings
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IC_4291 (Pismis18) in wide field - gorgeous surroundings

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IC_4291 (Pismis18) in wide field - gorgeous surroundings, Claudio Tenreiro
IC_4291 (Pismis18) in wide field - gorgeous surroundings
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IC_4291 (Pismis18) in wide field - gorgeous surroundings

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Exploring a wide field sector close to beta Centaurus and in the midway to the Southern Cross, the open cluster IC 4291 or Pismis 18, which may not be considered a proper cluster, perhaps it could be seen as an stellar association.

The colour gas close to the lower left corner has the GUM 48B in it, and the other structure, close to the upper right corner has many different structures, and a couple of open clusters too. It is necessary to see the region in the Simbad data base to identify them.

So, finally I could identify the nebula RCW78 as the one on the lower right hand side and RCW79 the one on the upper lefts hand side. In the same region is the open cluster Loden 991.

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