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RCW 49
RCW 49 — Westerlund 2 Nebula
Emission Nebula
· CarinaAdvanced
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Target information
- Object type
- Emission Nebula
- Constellation
- Carina
- Right ascension
- 10h 23m 58s
- Declination
- -57° 45′ 36″
- Magnitude
- Not recorded
- Angular size
- 25′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Best months
- Jan-Apr
- Catalog IDs
- RCW 49
About this target
Emission complex surrounding the Westerlund 2 cluster; not the northern W40 region.