Neckel associates RCW 19 with
RCW 20 and gives a joint distance of 3400 parsecs. Kharchenko places HD 69464 in the newly discovered ionising cluster
[KPR2005] 45 along with the O-stars
DM -35 4384 (O 9.5IV) and
DM -35 4415 (O 7 N). (SIMBAD currently assigns B classes to these last two stars.) Humphreys places HD 69464 in the Pup OB3 association along with two other O9.5 IV class subgiants: CP -35 2105 = DM -35 4384 and
CD -35 4471. SIMBAD agrees with the class for the second star (the first is one of the stars mentioned by Kharchenko).
RCW 19/20 have a joint distance of 3400 pc.[
1]
Related to the O7f III giant star HD 69464.[
2]
RCW 19 is part of a giant molecular cloud located at a distance of 3300 pc. It has 200 thousand solar masses and is related to the OB association Pup OB3.[
3]
Notes
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the Dusty, Neutral Bipolar Wind of a Luminous Young Stellar Object", The
Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 448, 832. [1995ApJ...448..832N]
2. ^ Dubner, G., Giacani, E., Cappa de Nicolau, C., et al. (1992). "A study of
the neutral hydrogen in direction to the GUM nebula", Astronomy and
Astrophysics Supplement Series, Vol. 96, 505-523. [1992A&AS...96..505D]
3. ^ May, J., Murphy, D. C., & Thaddeus, P. (1988). "A wide latitude CO survey
of the third galactic quadrant", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement
Series, Vol. 73, 51-83. [1988A&AS...73...51M]