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Objects within the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)

The first individual deepsky object cataloged in the LMC was the Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070) which had been found by Lacaille. A multitude of objects which are now listed in the NGC have been discovered by James Dunlop and John Herschel.

Object           Type  Con  RA (2000.0) Dec  m_v   dim
                        


NGC 1466          GC?  Hyi  03:44.5  -71:41  11.4  2.3      h 2590; former MWGC cand
NGC 1520          OC   Men  03:57.5  -76:50                 h 2615
NGC 1557           ?   Hyi  04:13.3  -70:25
NGC 1629          OC   Hyi  04:29.3  -71:50
NGC 1641          OC   Dor  04:36.1  -65:46
Reticulum Glob.   GC   Ret  04:36.2  -58:52        5.9
NGC 1644          OC+  Dor  04:38.0  -66:12
NGC 1651          OC+  Men  04:37.5  -70:35                 h 2662
NGC 1652          OC+  Dor  04:38.1  -68:40                 h 2661
NGC 1673          OC   Men  04:42.4  -69:51
NGC 1676          OC   Dor  04:43.7  -68:50
NGC 1693          OC   Dor  04:47.5  -69:21 
NGC 1695          OC   Dor  04:47.6  -69:24
NGC 1696          OC   Dor  04:48.0  -68:16
NGC 1697          OC   Dor  04:48.6  -68:32
NGC 1698          DN   Dor  04:49.4  -69:10
NGC 1702          OC   Men  04:49.3  -69:51
NGC 1704          OC   Dor  04:49.7  -69:45
NGC 1711          OC   Men  04:50.5  -70:00
NGC 1712          C/N  Dor  04:51.3  -69:28
NGC 1714          DN
NGC 1715          DN
NGC 1718          OC
NGC 1722          C/N
NGC 1727          C/N
NGC 1731          C/N
NGC 1732          OC 
NGC 1733          OC 
NGC 1734          OC 
NGC 1735          C/N
NGC 1736          DN 
NGC 1737          C/N
NGC 1743          C/N
NGC 1745          C/N
NGC 1747          C/N
NGC 1748          C/N
NGC 1749          OC 
NGC 1751          GC?  Men  04:54.2  -69:49        1.7      OC? [on border to Dor]
NGC 1754          GC?  Dor  04:54.3  -70:26  12.0  1.6
NGC 1755          OC 
NGC 1756          OC 
NGC 1760          C/N
NGC 1761          C/N
NGC 1763          C/N
          N 11B   DN   Dor  04:56.9  -66:25  
NGC 1764          OC 
NGC 1766          OC 
NGC 1767          C/N
NGC 1768          OC 
NGC 1769          C/N
NGC 1770          C/N
NGC 1772          C/N
NGC 1773          C/N
NGC 1774          OC
NGC 1775          OC
NGC 1776          OC
NGC 1777          OC
NGC 1782          C/N
NGC 1783          GC?  Dor  04:59.1  -65:59        3        h 2726; OC?
NGC 1786          GC   Dor  04:69.1  -67:45  10.1  1.2      h 2729
NGC 1787          OC
NGC 1789          OC
NGC 1791          DN
NGC 1793          OC
NGC 1795          GC
NGC 1801          OC
NGC 1804          OC
NGC 1805          OC
NGC 1806          GC
NGC 1810          OC
NGC 1813          OC
NGC 1814          C/N
NGC 1815          OC
NGC 1816          C/N
NGC 1818          OC   Dor  05:04.2  -66:24   9.7  7
NGC 1820          OC   Dor  05:03.8  -67:17   9p
NGC 1822          OC   Dor  05:05.0  -66:12
NGC 1823          OC 
NGC 1825          OC 
NGC 1826          OC 
NGC 1828          OC 
NGC 1829          C/N
NGC 1830          OC 
NGC 1831          OC 
NGC 1833          C/N
NGC 1835          GC?  Dor  05:05.2  -69:24   9.8  1.2
NGC 1836          OC 
NGC 1837          C/N
NGC 1838          OC 
NGC 1839          C/N
NGC 1840          OC   Men  05:06.4  -71 49
NGC 1841          GC   Men  04:45.   -84:00
NGC 1842          OC 
NGC 1844          OC 
NGC 1845          OC 
NGC 1846          GC?  Dor  05:07.6  -67:28        2.8      OC?
NGC 1854  h 2782  GC   Dor  05:09.1  -68:51                 NGC 2000.0: OC
          N 30B   DN   Dor  05:13.7  -67:28
         DEM L106 DN   Dor  05:13.7  -67:28
NGC 1898          GC   Dor  05:16.7  -69:39  11.9
NGC 1916          GC   Dor  05:17.4  -69:23  10.4  0.5
NGC 1917  h 2831  GC   Dor  05:19.0  -69:00                 
NGC 1918  (h 369) SNR  Dor  05:19.1  -69:39                 GC  1125

          N 44    DN   Dor  05:21.8  -67:55  
          N 44C   DN   Dor  05:22.1  -67:59
IC  2134          GC   Men  05:23.0  -75:27                 D.S. 301; NGC 2000.0: N d
          LMC     Gal  Dor  05:23.6  -69:45   0.1  650x550  [LMC galaxy]
          N132D   SNR  Dor  05:25.0  -69:39
          N 49    SNR  Dor  05:26.0  -66:05
NGC 1978          GC   Dor  05:28.6  -66:14   9.9  2.7
NGC 2005          GC   Dor  05:30.2  -69:45  11.6  1.8
NGC 2019          GC   Men  05:31.9  -70:10  10.9  1.0
IC  2140          GC   Men  05:33.2  -75:22                 D.S. 302; NGC 2000.0: OC
          SN1987A SN   Dor  05:35.4  -69:16   2.9v          Supernova and SNR
          N 63A   SNR  Dor  05:35.7  -66:03
IC  2146          GC   Men  05:37.8  -74:46                 D.S. 304; NGC 2000.0: OC
NGC 2060          SNR  Dor  05:37.6  -69:10                 GC 1261, (h 642)
NGC 2070  30 Dor  DN   Dor  05:38.7  -69:06   8.0  40x25    Tarantula Nebula
IC  2148          GC   Men  05:39.2  -75:31                 D.S. 305; NGC 2000.0: N d
NGC 2080  h 2950  DN   Dor  05:39.8  -69:38                 Ghost Head Nebula
NGC 2121          GC   Men  05:48.0  -71:28  11.2  1.8
IC  2161          GC   Men  05:57.2  -75:08                 D.S. 309; NGC 2000.0: N d
NGC 2210          GC   Dor  06:11.5  -69:08  10.2  1.7
H60b 11           GC   Dor  06:14.4  -69:51        2.5
NGC 2257          GC   Dor  06:30.4  -64:19  13.5  3.4

Key:

Object: Object identifier (NGC/IC, Dunlop)
Type:: Object type: GC, Globular Cluster; OC, Open Cluster (*: Classified as GC in Sky Catalogue 2000.0, +: Classified as GC in NGC 2000.0); C/N, Open Cluster associated with Diffuse Nebula; DN, Diffuse Nebula; SC, Star Cloud.
RA, Dec: Right Ascension and Declination for epoch 2000.0
m_v, dim: visual brightness in magnitudes and dimension in arc minutes

Extra information are available on the many objects in LMC, including the most prominent objects:

NGC 2070, the Tarantula Nebula
Supernova 1987A and its remnant

In the following, some links to information on other objects are presented:

NGC 1466 globular cluster - once considered a candidate Milky Way Globular Cluster
NGC 1818 open cluster: Hubble Space Telesope images, press releases STScI-1998-16
NGC 1841 globular cluster - once considered a candidate Milky Way Globular Cluster
NGC 2080, the "Ghost Head Nebula" near 30 Doradus (NGC 2070 Tarantula): Hubble Space Telesope images, press releases STScI-2001-34
Reticulum Globular Cluster - once considered a candidate Milky Way Globular Cluster
N 11B diffuse nebula (H II star-forming region): Hubble Space Telesope image, press release STScI-2004-22
N 30B nebula: Hubble Space Telesope images, press releases STScI-2002-29
N 44 diffuse nebula (H II star-forming region): Hubble Space Telesope image, press release STScI-2004-26
N 44C diffuse nebula: Hubble Space Telesope image, press release STScI-2002-12
N 49 SNR: Hubble Space Telesope image, press release STScI-2003-20
N 63A SNR: Hubble Space Telesope image, press release STScI-2005-15
N 132D SNR: Hubble Space Telesope images, press releases STScI-2005-30 and STScI-1995-13
N 159: Hubble Space Telesope images, press releases STScI-1999-23
DEM L 106 nebula: Hubble Space Telesope images, press releases STScI-2002-29

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