• Source: NGC 1763

NGC 1763 (also known as N11 B, LH 10 or ESO 85-EN20) is an emission nebula with an embedded star cluster in the Dorado constellation in the Large Magellanic Cloud, It is very bright, very large and very irregular. Its apparent size is about 3.0-5.0 arcmin. 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 1834. The nebula itself is catalogued under LHA 120-N 11B (N11 B), LH 10 or ESO 85-EN20. It is also part of an area commonly known as the Bean Nebula.




See also


List of most massive stars




References






External links


Media related to NGC 1763 at Wikimedia Commons

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• Dorado (rasi bintang)
• Daftar objek NGC
• Daftar bintang paling masif
• New General Catalogue
• Charles Messier
• Fornax
• NGC 1763
• List of most massive stars
• Dorado
• NGC 1761
• N11 (emission nebula)
• List of NGC objects (1001–2000)
• List of most luminous stars
• New General Catalogue
• List of NGC objects
• Messier 38