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NGC3372 (Bright Nebula, in Carina)
Observer: Sriram.M.Gubbi (e-mail: sriram_gubbi@yahoo.co.in)
Instrument: 50-mm refractor Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Light pollution: light Transparency: excellent Seeing: good
Time: Tue Oct 5 04:50:00 2004 UT Obs. no.: 1213
i saw the stars in this enoromous star forming region more clearly than the nebula itself.as it is 2 degrees across in the sky,its highly diffused and is difficult to be observed.as the horizon has a dense,dusty atmosphere, i could not see the eta carinae nebula clearly.a number of sodium vapour lamps near the southern horizon also add for the invisibility of the emission nebula.the fifth magnitude star which i saw embedded in the heart of the nebula with great difficulty through my telescope is now one of my favourite stars.i like bright giant and supergiant stars,especially blue-white ones.among them is this eta car because its a "hypergiant",something more than a supergiant.its a 100 times more massive than our sun.this star lies just a few degrees above our southern horizon.
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