Nebula or ...?

by karthikeyan.d

Initially I thought that the wispy object could be a cloud or an artifact. However, zooming out using the Navigate tool in the SkyServer shows what seems to be a nebula. Or is it a molecular cloud? Anyone knows the name of this object?

Can anyone tell how to get the URL of an image being viewed in the Navigate tool? I tried the "View Image" option in the context menu of my browser (Firefox 16.0.1) but I get only the image of the green square.

Posted October 28, 2012 6:11 AM

by elizabeth_s

2MASS J05370532-0540573 -- Star in Cluster per Sinbad

Posted October 28, 2012 9:22 AM

by karthikeyan.d

elizabeth,

You are referring to the central object, right? It could be a star but lacks the diffraction spikes that the other nearby bright stars possess. But then that could be because of less light coming from the central one because of the nebula in front of it. Not sure.

My question was about the large cloud-like objects in the zoomed-out image. Here is the image

http://skyservice.pha.jhu.edu/DR8/ImgCutout/getjpeg.aspx?ra=84.27212037&dec=-5.68261476&scale=25.35168&opt=Q&width=512&height=512

Searching for it using the RA and DEC. Haven't located it yet.

Posted October 28, 2012 2:56 PM

by Budgieye moderator