RCW 19

Also called

Gum 10

Coordinates: (253.8°, -0.5°)

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RCW 19 is part of a 200 thousand solar mass giant molecular cloud related to the Pup OB3 association and the O7f III giant star HD 69464. This image shows only the bright rim of the larger RCW 19 complex.

Avedisova adds the O9.5 III giant CD -35 4412 as a second ionising star. She places RCW 19 in the star formation region SFR 253.75-0.50 with the molecular cloud [MAB97] 253.63+0.00 (this may be the cloud mentioned above) and the reflection nebulae Bran 124b, Bran 125b and VdBH 9.

You can see RCW 19 and RCW 20 together in this SuperCOSMOS hydrogen-alpha image, which also shows the boundaries of Pup OB3 and the newly discovered Kharchenko cluster [KPR2005] 45 (labelled ASCC 1045).


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

 1. ^ Neckel, Th. & Staude, H. J. (1995). "IRAS 08159-3543: Optical Detection of 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]

Distance estimates

3400 pc [1995ApJ...448..832N]
3300 pc [1988A&AS...73...51M]
3080 pc +/- 250 [1984NInfo..56...59A]

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RCW 19


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