Gum catalog

The Gum catalog is an astronomical catalog of 84 emission nebulae in the southern sky. It was made by the Australian astronomer Colin Stanley Gum (1924-1960) at Mount Stromlo Observatory using wide field photography. Gum published his findings in 1955 in a study entitled A study of diffuse southern H-alpha nebulae which presented a catalog of 84 nebulae or nebular complexes. Similar catalogs include the Sharpless catalog and the RCW catalog, and many of the Gum objects are repeated in these other catalogs. However, the RCW and Gum catalogs were mainly of the southern hemisphere (Mount Stromlo is in the southern hemisphere)

Gum catalog
The star formation region Gum 41.
Survey typeastronomical catalog 
Targetemission nebula 
OrganizationMount Stromlo Observatory 
Named afterColin Stanley Gum 
Published1955 

The Gum Nebula is named for Gum, who discovered it as Gum 12; it is an emission nebula that can be found in the southern constellations Vela and Puppis.

Examples

GumA common nameImagesNames & Designations
Gum 4NGC 2359Thor's Helmet, Gum 4, Sharpless 298, NGC 2359
Gum 15RCW 32Gum 15, Star Formation Region
Gum 16Vela Supernova RemnantGum 16, Vela Supernova Remnant
Gum 20RCW 36RCW 36
Gum 29RCW 49Gum 29, RCW 49
Gum 60NGC 6302Sh2-6, NGC 6302, Bug Nebula,

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

Gum 64NGC 6334ESO 392-EN 009, Sharpless 8, RCW 127, Gum 64, NGC 6334
Gum 66NGC 6357Sh2-11, NGC 6357, RCW 131, Gum 66, War and Peace Nebula
Gum 72Lagoon NebulaSh2 25, RCW 146, Gum 72, Messier 8
Gum 76Trifid NebulaSh2 30, M20, NGC 6514, RCW 147, Gum 76
Gum 81Omega NebulaOmega Nebula, M17, NGC 6618, Swan Nebula, Sharpless 45, RCW 160, Gum 81
Gum 83Eagle NebulaSh2 49, Messier 16, NGC 6611, RCW 165, Gum 83

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References

  1. "A Study in Scarlet". ESO Press Release. Retrieved 18 April 2014.

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