RCW Catalogue
Named after | Rodgers, Campbell & Whiteoak |
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The RCW Catalogue (from Rodgers, Campbell & Whiteoak) is an astronomical catalogue of Hα-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.
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[]
RCW | Name | Images | Names & Designations |
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RCW 11 | RCW 11 | ![]() |
Sh2-308, LBN 1052 |
RCW 34 | RCW 34 | ![]() |
Gum 19 |
RCW 36 | RCW 36 | ![]() |
Gum 20 |
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 86 | RCW 86 | ![]() |
RCW 86 |
RCW 88 | RCW 88 | ![]() |
RCW 88 |
RCW 106 | ![]() |
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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 |
List[]
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See also[]
- Sharpless catalog
- Gum Catalog
- Caldwell catalogue
- List of Star-Forming Regions in the Local Group
References[]
- Rodgers, A. W.; Campbell, C. T.; Whiteoak, J. B. (1960), "A catalogue of Hα-emission regions in the southern Milky Way", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 121 (1): 103–110, Bibcode:1960MNRAS.121..103R, doi:10.1093/mnras/121.1.103
External links[]
- The RCW Catalog (details and photographs of objects)
- Galactic Explorers: Gum, Bok and Sharpless (history)
- ESO, RCW 86 video
- Astronomical catalogues of nebulae
- H II regions
- 1960 documents
- 1960 in science