Sandqvist 111-112

Sandqvist 111 and 112 is a dark nebula in the southeast quadrant of the Gum Nebula, located in the constellation Vela and surrounded by a larger emission nebula. They may be associated with the cometary globules of the Puppis-Vela complex.

There are three other interesting objects around this nebula as well.

To the middle right of the image, we can see HH 46-47 (Herbig-Haro Objects) which are bright patches of nebulosity associated with newborn stars. They are formed when narrow jets of partially ionized gas are ejected by stars and collide with nearby clouds of gas and dust at several hundred kilometers per second.

The Yellow nebula (bottom left center) VDBH 16 - a young star in nebula. I could not find much information on this nebula. Looks like an HH object here as well.

Imaged in LRGB and H alpha on CDK 24 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.

Image Processing: Mark Hanson

Data: Martin Pugh

Enjoy,

Mark