NGC 1761

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D Eaketts: Created NGC 1761

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{{Short description|Open cluster in the constellation Dorado}}
{{Infobox open cluster
|name = NGC 1761
|image = File:NGC 1761.jpg
|caption = An image of MGC 1761
|credit = James Dunlop / John Herschel
|type = open cluster
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|ra = {{RA|04|56|37.7}} <ref name="NGC 1761-Simbad">{{cite web|url=https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=ngc+1761&submit=SIMBAD+search|title=NGC 1761 -- Association of Stars|publisher=Simbad|access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="NGC 1761-NED">{{cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin...=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=NED results for object NGC 1761|publisher=NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE|access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref>
|dec = {{DEC|-66|28|44}}<ref name="NGC 1761-Simbad"/><ref name="NGC 1761-NED"/>
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|constellation = Dorado
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|absmag_v = 9.94 <ref name="NGC 1761-Simbad"/>
|notes =
|names = ESO 85-18, LH 9, SL63 122, GC 980, JH 2710, (possibly Dunlop 231) <ref name="NGC 1761">{{cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc17a.htm#1761|title=NGC 1761|publisher=cseligman|access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref>
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'''NGC 1761''' (also known as '''GC 980''', '''JH 2710''', '''LH 9''')<ref name="NGC 1761"/> 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 [[Bok globules|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]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.space.com/8643-spectacular-space-bubble-photographed-hubble.html|title=Spectacular Space Bubble Photographed by Hubble|publisher=space.com|date=22 June 2010|access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://annesastronomynews.com/photo-gallery-ii/nebulae-clouds/ngc-1760/|title=NGC 1760, a large emission nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud|publisher=Anne's Astronomy News|access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.astrobin.com/bzsxwr/C/|title=NGC 1760 & NGC 1747 in the LMC|publisher=Astrobin|access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref>

[[File:N11 legacy dr10 small annotated map.jpg|thumb|left|N11, containing [[NGC 1760]], NGC 1761, [[NGC 1763]], [[NGC 1769]], [[NGC 1773]], [[NGC 1776]]]]

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.<ref name="NGC 1761"/>


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{{NGC objects:1500-1999}}
{{Dorado}}

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[[Category:ESO objects]]
[[Category:NGC objects|1761]]
[[Categoryorado]]
[[Category:Open clusters]]
[[Category:Large Magellanic Cloud]]

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