- Source: NGC 1761
NGC 1761 (also known as GC 980, JH 2710, LH 9) is an open cluster in the Dorado constellation in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It encompasses a group of about 50 massive hot young stars. These stars are among the largest stars known anywhere in the Universe and appear as bright blue-white in colour. The stars in turn have given birth to new stars within dark globules. NGC 1761 is particularly noteworthy for its intense ultraviolet radiation, which has eroded a large hole in the surrounding nebular material. It is similar in structure to the more famous Rosette Nebula.
It is part of a large region of stars called LMC-N11 (N11) which was discovered with a 23-cm telescope by the astronomer James Dunlop in 1826 and was also observed by John Herschel in 1835.
References
External links
Media related to NGC 1761 at Wikimedia Commons
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar objek NGC
- New General Catalogue
- 8 September
- NGC 1761
- Dorado
- N11 (emission nebula)
- List of NGC objects (1001–2000)
- New General Catalogue
- NGC 1763
- List of NGC objects
- Messier 103
- NGC 871
- Messier 38
