RCW Catalogue
The RCW Catalogue (Rodgers, Campbell, Whiteoak) is an Astronomical catalogue of Hα-emission regions in the southern Milky Way, described in (Rodgers et al. 1960). It has 180 objects and includes many of the earlier Gum Catalog (84 items) objects, and the later Caldwell catalogue included some RCW. There is also some overlap with the Sharpless Catalog-2 (312 items), although it primarily covered the northern hemisphere, whereas the RCW and Gum primarily covered the southern.
The Catalogue was compiled by Alexander William Rodgers, Colin T. Campbell and John Bartlett Whiteoak, who led by Bart Bok, catalogued southern nebulae while working at the Mount Stromlo Observatory in Australia in the 1960s.
Examples
Some of RCW catalog items; click on image for image credit, most of which are either various amateur astronomers, the ESO, ESA, or NASA
RCW |
Name |
Images |
Names & Designations |
RCW 38 |
RCW 38 |
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RCW 38 |
RCW 49 |
RCW 49 |
|
Gum 29 |
RCW 57 |
RCW 57 |
|
NGC 3582 |
RCW 86 |
RCW 86 |
|
RCW 86 |
RCW 108 |
RCW 108 |
|
Gum 53 |
RCW 124 |
NGC 6302 |
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Sh2-6, NGC 6302, Bug Nebula,
PK 349+01 1, Butterfly Nebula, RCW 124, Gum 60, Caldwell 69
|
RCW 127 |
NGC 6334 |
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ESO 392-EN 009, Sharpless 8, RCW 127, Gum 64, NGC 6334 |
RCW 131 |
NGC 6357 |
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Sh2-11, NGC 6357, RCW 131, Gum 66, War and Peace Nebula |
RCW 146 |
Lagoon Nebula |
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Sh2 25, RCW 146, Gum 72 |
RCW 147 |
Trifid Nebula |
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Sh2 30, M20, NGC 6514, RCW 147, Gum 76 |
RCW 160 |
Omega Nebula |
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Omega Nebula, M17, NGC 6618, Swan Nebula, Sharpless 45, RCW 160, Gum 81 |
RCW 165 |
Eagle Nebula |
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Sh2-49, Messier 16, NGC 6611, RCW 165, Gum 83 |
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