Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Puppis (Pup)  ·  Contains:  HD60431  ·  HD60671  ·  HD60752  ·  HD60795  ·  HD60839  ·  HD61194  ·  HD61290  ·  HD61410  ·  NGC 2427
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Cosmic Sandworm wide view CG4 (Cometary Globule 4), Simone Curzi
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Cosmic Sandworm wide view CG4 (Cometary Globule 4)

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Cosmic Sandworm wide view CG4 (Cometary Globule 4), Simone Curzi
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Cosmic Sandworm wide view CG4 (Cometary Globule 4)

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CG4 means “Cometary Globule #4” and is a complex of nebulosity and dust with a very peculiar shape (it looks like a concentrate of comets) located in the southern constellation of Poppa. The “head” of the galactic worm has dimensions of about 1.5 light years, while the offshoot that follows the head and which is directed in the opposite direction with respect to the rest of the famous Vela supernova (which is at the center of the huge GUM nebula), it has a length of about 8 light years.
I would like to thank Alessandro Ravagnin and the whole ShaRa team for welcoming me to this beautiful group of enthusiasts and allowing me to process this beautiful data.
This is the first time I've worked with data of this high quality, even thoughIn just over an hour of integration, the signal collected is abundant.
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Cosmic Sandworm wide view CG4 (Cometary Globule 4), Simone Curzi