NGC 2626

Reflection nebula in the constellation Vela

NGC 2626
Reflection nebula
Atlas Image mosaic of NGC 2626, which, at a distance of about 1 kpc (3300 light years), is primarily reflecting the light from the bright blue (B1-type) 10th-magnitude star, CD-40° 4432, which is embedded in it.
Observation data: J2000 epoch
Right ascension	08^h 35^m 32^s^[1]
Declination	−40° 40′ 18″^[1]
Distance	3900 ± 1110 ly (1200 ± 340^[2] pc)
Apparent dimensions (V)	5.0′ × 5.0′^[3]
Constellation	Vela

Designations	NGC 2626, Ced 106h, GN 08.33.7, VdBH 17
See also: Lists of nebulae

NGC 2626 is a reflection nebula, emission nebula, and absorption nebula in the constellation Vela.^[4]^[5] It is mostly illuminated by B1 star CD-40 4432 and ionized by the O8 quadruple star system HD 73882, together with other stars.

Gallery

This image has been produced using observations made at the SMARTS 0.9-meter Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO)^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "NGC 2626". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
^ Pinheiro, M. C.; Copetti, M. V. F.; Oliveira, V. A. (2010). "Spectral classification and distance determination of stars in nine southern Galactic H II regions". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 521: A26. Bibcode:2010A&A...521A..26P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200912937.
^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 2600 - 2649". cseligman.com. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
^ Mueller, Kaisa; Graham, John A (November 2000). "Young Stars Associated with the Reflection Nebula NGC 2626". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 112 (777): 1426–32. Bibcode:2000PASP..112.1426M. doi:10.1086/317705. JSTOR 10.1086/317705. S2CID 121268925.
^ Harvey, J.; Mazlin, S.; Verschatse, D.; Perez, J. J. (September 2014). "Rarely Imaged". Astronomy: 89.
^ "A Vista of NGC 2626 with the SMARTS 0.9-meter Telescope". Retrieved April 20, 2021.

External links

Media related to NGC 2626 at Wikimedia Commons

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Constellation of Vela

Stars

Bayer	γ (Regor) δ (Alsephina) κ (Markeb) λ (Suhail) μ ο φ (Tseen Ke) ψ
Variable	R S T W RZ SV SW SX WY AF AH AI AL AO AP AX CS CU CV FY FZ GK GP (X-1) GU (F) GX GY GZ HU HV (E) HW HX HY HZ IM IP IS IU IV IW IY IZ KK KL KQ KT KX (f) LN LR LW MV (J) MX NN NO NX NY NZ OP OU PV OY QZ V335 V361 V378 V382 V390
HR	3178 3187 3204 3227 3234 3247 3250 3256 3294 (B) 3300 3330 3341 3356 3358 (A) 3359 3363 3371 3375 3382 3386 3388 3389 3390 3399 3404 3407 (C) 3426 (e) 3435 3444 3445 (b) 3448 3452 (n) 3453 3476 (D) 3477 (d) 3487 (a) 3488 3496 3497 3501 3503 3514 (h) 3520 (g) 3525 3535 3539 3542 3548 3551 3570 3574 (H) 3983 3591 (w) 3602 3611 3614 (c) 3629 3647 3656 3658 3667 3668 3670 3672 3674 (z) 3677 (k¹) 3679 3680 3682 (l) 3684 (k) 3688 3692 3694 3700 3703 (K) 3716 3717 3726 3730 3732 3735 3737 3739 3746 3753 (I) 3784 3803 (N) 3807 3817 3819 (L) 3831 3836 (M) 3837 3840 3842 (y) 3868 3875 (O) 3886 3895 3898 (u) 3904 3910 3912 (m) 3925 3927 3930 3935 3943 3953 3955 3964 3976 3990 (Q) 4001 4010 4020 4023 (q) 4036 4038 4056 4061 4066 4080 (r) 4087 4093 4099 4107 4111 4134 4135 (s) 4136 4139 4143 (t) 4154 4167 (p) 4175 4180 (x) 4221 4292 4293 (i) 4296 4311 4316
HD	67621 68478 68763 69168 69404 70309 71805 72752 72798 73526 74438 75989 76004 78005 79091 81347 81369 83443 (Kalausi) 85390 (Natasha) 85512 87122 87652 88015 88862 89328 92155 93385 93453 94508 94724 95338 95509
Other	DENIS J082303.1−491201 Gliese 367 (Añañuca) GJ 1132 GRS 1009-45 HH 46 IRS IGR J08408−4503 LSS 2018 Luhman 16 PSR B1055−52 PSR J0855−4644 RX J0925.7−4758 2S 0918-549 WASP-19