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Sh2-301
Sh2-301 is an emission nebula and H II region in the constellation Canis Major. It is also identified as Gum 5 and is associated with the star ALS 207, whose radiation helps ionize the surrounding gas. Research has described the region as a blister nebula, a type of star-forming structure in which expanding ionized gas produces a shell or cavity within a surrounding molecular cloud.
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Sh2-297
Sh2-297 is an emission nebula and H II region in the constellation Canis Major, catalogued by Stewart Sharpless in his 1959 survey of Galactic ionized-hydrogen regions. It forms part of the broader CMa OB1 star-forming complex and contains gas illuminated by nearby hot stars. Astronomers study the region for its embedded young stellar objects, molecular material, and evidence of continuing star fo...
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