View source for RCW 42

{{Short description|Nebula in the Milky Way}}
{{Infobox nebula
| image         = RCW 42 DECaPS DR2.jpg
| caption       = RCW 42 by the [[Dark_Energy_Spectroscopic_Instrument#DESI_Legacy_Imaging_Surveys|legacy surveys]]
| credit        = [[NASA]]
| name          = RCW 42
| type          = H II region
| epoch         = [[J2000.0]]
| size_v        =
| constellation = [[Vela (constellation)|Vela]]
| absmag_v      =
| notes         =
| names         = RCW 42, Gum 26, "Caught Pink-Handed" Nebula
| dist_ly       = 20,000
| ra            = N/A
| dec           = N/A
}}
'''RCW 42''' (or Gum 26), is a giant [[H II region]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=McClure-Griffiths |first1=N. M. |last2=Dickey |first2=John M. |last3=Gaensler |first3=B. M. |last4=Green |first4=A. J. |date=2003-09-01 |title=Loops, Drips, and Walls in the Galactic Chimney GSH 277+00+36 |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003ApJ...594..833M |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |volume=594 |issue=2 |pages=833–843 |doi=10.1086/377152 |bibcode=2003ApJ...594..833M |issn=0004-637X}}</ref> in the [[Milky Way]].
It contains [[DBS2003 38]], a deeply embedded infrared cluster.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Dutra |first1=C. M. |last2=Bica |first2=E. |last3=Soares |first3=J. |last4=Barbuy |first4=B. |date=2003-03-01 |title=New infrared star clusters in the southern Milky Way with 2MASS |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003A&A...400..533D |journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics |volume=400 |issue=2 |pages=533–539 |doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20030005 |issn=0004-6361|arxiv=astro-ph/0301221 |bibcode=2003A&A...400..533D }}</ref>
It lies at the western edge of the immense galactic chimney [[GSH 277+00+36]]. Not much research has been done on RCW 42, which is unusual, given that its status as a giant H II region suggests that it is one of the greatest and largest regions of [[star formation]] in the [[Milky Way]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=RCW 42 |url=http://galaxymap.org/cat/view/rcw/42 |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=galaxymap.org}}</ref>
== References ==
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[[category:Milky Way]]
[[category:Emission nebulae]]
[[category:Gum Nebula]]
[[Category:H II regions]]
[[Category:Vela (constellation)]]