NGC 5367

NGC 5367 is a reflection nebula around 2,500 light years away in Centaurus.

It is embedded in the cometary globule CG 12 and lit by a double star, H4636, which are type B4 and B7 stars – four times the mass of our sun.

Cometary globules are interstellar clouds with comet-like morphology, consisting of compact, dusty, and opaque heads and long, faintly luminous tails.

Reflection nebulae are clouds of gas and dust that reflect the light from nearby stars. The starlight scatters through the gas and dust like a flashlight beam shining on mist in the dark and illuminates it.

Taken at El Sauce Chile 24”CDK and Moravian C5

Lum-30x600, RGB-30x300, Ha-10x600

Image Processing: Mark Hanson

Data by SWSO Imaging team

 Enjoy, Mark

Image Below taken by Mike Selby with Planewave CDK 700 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.

Image Processing: Mark Hanson and Mike Selby

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