RCW 42

RCW 42 (or Gum 26), is a giant H II region in the Milky Way. It contains DBS2003 38, a deeply embedded infrared cluster. It lies at the western edge of the immense galactic chimney GSH 277+00+36. Not much research has been done on RCW 42, which is unusual, given that its status as a giant HII region suggests that it is one of the greatest and largest regions of star formation in the Milky Way.