Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Circinus (Cir)
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RCW 89, Brian Peterson
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Description

This very dim object remains a bit of a mystery. Located in the southern constellation

of Circinus, it seems to be a portion of a much larger and much dimmer

supernova remnant. The filaments of glowing hydrogen in RCW 89 are probably caused

by a jet of material being expelled from the stellar remnant (a pulsar) left from

the supernova, which at this point is colliding with a patch of interstellar gas.

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RCW 89, Brian Peterson