Gum catalog
The Gum catalog is an astronomical catalog of 84 emission nebulae in the southern hemisphere. It was compiled at the Mount Stromlo Observatory by the Australian astronomer Colin Stanley Gum (1924-1960) from data based on wide-angle photography .
Gum published his work in 1955 in a study entitled A study of diffuse southern H-alpha nebulae , which was a compilation of 84 nebulae or associations of nebulae. Similar compilations are the Sharpless catalog and the RCW catalog , whereby a corresponding number of objects are also listed in these.
The Gum Nebula is named after Colin Stanley Gum , who also discovered it and has the number 12 in the Gum catalog; this is an emission nebula in the southern constellations sails of the ship and aft deck of the ship .
Examples
Extract of examples from the Gum catalog from 1955; A click on the picture provides a description of the picture, most of which come from different amateur astronomers, the European Southern Observatory , ESA or NASA
Gum | Surname | image | Name and cross-reference |
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Gum 4 | NGC 2359 | ![]() |
Thor's Helmet, Gum 4, Sharpless 298, NGC 2359 |
Gum 16 | Vela supernova | Gum 16, Vela Supernova Remnant | |
Gum 29 | RCW 49 | ![]() |
Gum 29, RCW 49 |
Gum 60 | NGC 6302 | ![]() |
Sh2-6, NGC 6302, Bug Nebula,
PK 349 + 01 1, Butterfly Nebula, RCW 124 |
Gum 64 | NGC 6334 | ![]() |
ESO 392-EN 009, Sharpless 8, RCW 127, Gum 64, NGC 6334 |
Gum 66 | NGC 6357 | ![]() |
Sh2-11, NGC 6357, RCW 131, Gum 66, War and Peace Nebula |
Gum 72 | Lagoon fog | ![]() |
Sh2 25, RCW 146, Gum 72, Messier 8 |
Gum 76 | Trifid Nebula | ![]() |
Sh2 30, M20, NGC 6514, RCW 147, Gum 76 |
Gum 81 | Omega nebula | ![]() |
Omega Nebula, M17, NGC 6618, Swan Nebula, Sharpless 45, RCW 160, Gum 81 |
Gum 83 | Eagle Nebula | ![]() |
Sh2 49, Messier 16, NGC 6611, RCW 165, Gum 83 |
Individual evidence
Image sources of the Gum Nebula
- Gum nebula
- SouthernSkyPhoto.com
- Anglo-Australian Observatory ( Memento from February 17, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- Physics Today, 2001 ( Memento of March 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- The Cloud Hunters
- Illustrated Gum Catalog