RCW Catalogue

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The RCW Catalogue (from Rodgers, Campbell & Whiteoak) is an astronomical catalogue of -emission regions in the southern Milky Way, described in (Rodgers et al. 1960). It contains 182 objects, including many of the earlier Gum catalogue (84 items) objects.

RCW Catalogue
Named afterRodgers, Campbell & Whiteoak
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The later Caldwell catalogue included some objects from the RCW catalogue. There is also some overlap with the Sharpless catalogue-2 (312 items), although that primarily covered the northern hemisphere, whereas RCW and Gum primarily covered the southern hemisphere.

The RCW catalogue was compiled by Alexander William Rodgers, Colin T. Campbell and John Bartlett Whiteoak. They catalogued southern nebulae while working under Bart Bok at the Mount Stromlo Observatory in Australia in the 1960s.

Examples

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RCW Name Images Names & Designations
RCW 11 RCW 11   Sh2-308, LBN 1052
RCW 16 NGC 2467  
RCW 34 RCW 34   Gum 19
RCW 36 RCW 36   Gum 20
RCW 42 RCW 42   Gum 26
RCW 38 RCW 38   RCW 38
RCW 49 RCW 49   Gum 29
RCW 57 RCW 57   NGC 3582, The Torchbearer[1]
RCW 75 Stock 16 Gum 48a, Stock 16
RCW 79 RCW 79   RCW 79
RCW 86 RCW 86   RCW 86
RCW 88 RCW 88   RCW 88
RCW 106 RCW 106  
RCW 108 RCW 108   Gum 53
RCW 124 NGC 6302   Sh2-6, NGC 6302, Bug Nebula,

PK 349+01 1, Butterfly Nebula, RCW 124, Gum 60, Caldwell 69

RCW 127 NGC 6334   ESO 392-EN 009, Sharpless 8, RCW 127, Gum 64, NGC 6334
RCW 131 NGC 6357   Sh2-11, NGC 6357, RCW 131, Gum 66, War and Peace Nebula
RCW 146 Lagoon Nebula   Sh2 25, RCW 146, Gum 72
RCW 147 Trifid Nebula   Sh2 30, M20, NGC 6514, RCW 147, Gum 76
RCW 160 Omega Nebula   Omega Nebula, M17, NGC 6618, Swan Nebula, Sharpless 45, RCW 160, Gum 81
RCW 165 Eagle Nebula   Sh2-49, Messier 16, NGC 6611, RCW 165, Gum 83
RCW 174 W 40   Sh2-64

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NGC 3582, part of RCW 57, a large star-forming region in the Milky Way

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Astronomy Shed UK Astronomy Forum • View topic - NGC3576/3603 - the torch Bearer Nebula".
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