by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Jun 7, 2026
OED1 Constellation: Vela OED1 is a rapidly expanding bubble (potential planetary nebula?) East of the Vela SNR region C [1,2] in the constellation of Vela. This is a project in progress as I am collected more data to get a deeper view into this object. Link...
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Jun 7, 2026
HD 326006 and vDBH 73 Constellation: Scorpius vDBH 73 is a reflection nebula around the star HD 326006 in the constellation of Scorpius. It is part of a massive, opaque cosmic cloud cataloged as GN 16.43.7.0 and known as the Dark Tower nebula. It is located about...
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Mar 25, 2026
RCW 32 Constellation: Vela RCW 32 (a.k.a. Gum 15) is an H-II region in the constellation of Vela. It is lopcated about 3’000 Ly from Earth. The bright star ( a double star) in the center of the nebula is HD74804. The signal from this nebula consists mainly of Ha...
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Mar 6, 2026
vdB 94 Constellation: Canis Major vdB 94 (a.k.a. LBN 1039) is a reflection nebula in the constellation of Canis Major illuminated by the star HD 53623. It is located about 4’000 Ly away. It is associated with the emission nebula Sh2-297 at the tip of the...
by manuelcp.astro@gmail.com | Mar 2, 2026
Gum 36 Constellation: Carina This region of the constellation Carina is rarely imaged, yet it holds a few interesting objects. First, the HII region Gum 36 (a.k.a BRAN 347), which is likely ionized by the star HD 97471) and/or the open cluster Stock 13. About 166...
