Constellation Vela Declination -47 30 39.4 | Right ascension 08 59 05.50 Distance 5500 ly (1700 pc) | |
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RCW 38 is an embedded cluster located about 5,500 light years away in the direction of the constellation Vela (the Sails). The cluster is composed of several short-lived massive stars. Many of these stars will go on to explode as supernovae.
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