Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Pyxis (Pyx)  ·  Contains:  The star γPyx  ·  The star δPyx  ·  The star εPyx  ·  The star ζPyx  ·  The star ηPyx  ·  The star θPyx  ·  The star κPyx  ·  The star λPyx
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Sh2-312 "Too large and diffuse for meaningful observation", David Elmore
Sh2-312 "Too large and diffuse for meaningful observation"
Powered byPixInsight

Sh2-312 "Too large and diffuse for meaningful observation"

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Sh2-312 "Too large and diffuse for meaningful observation", David Elmore
Sh2-312 "Too large and diffuse for meaningful observation"
Powered byPixInsight

Sh2-312 "Too large and diffuse for meaningful observation"

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

Sh2-312 is most likely part of the Gum Nebula that is close and huge ranging from 450 to 1500 light years distant.  
According to one reference this object is "Too large and diffuse for meaningful observations. [1]" 1. ^ Blitz, L., Fich, M., & Stark, A. A. (1982). "Catalog of CO radial velocities toward galactic H II regions", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Vol. 49, 183-206. [1982ApJS...49..183B
This dual band wide field image spans more than a dozen degrees of the sky and was composed from three separate fields.

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

Sh2-312 "Too large and diffuse for meaningful observation", David Elmore

In these collections

Sharpless 2 objects