LH 58
| LH 58 / NGC 1962-65-66-70 | |
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Observation dates equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Constellation | Dorado |
| Right ascension | 05 h 27 m |
| declination | −68 ° 50 ′ 0 ″ |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Large Magellanic Cloud |
| distance | approx. 160 k ly |
| Other names | |
| DEM L199, N144 | |
LH 58 ( Lucke-Hodge 58 ) or NGC 1962-65-66-70 is an OB association and H-II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud , just over 1 ° northwest of 30 Doradus. The structure is fairly isolated on the edge of the super-bubble LMC3.
The entries NGC 1962 , NGC 1965 , NGC 1966 and NGC 1970 in the New General Catalog are part of this complex. These go back to the first observations of this object by John Herschel .
literature
- Garmany et al .: "The OB association LH 58 in the Large Magellanic Cloud"; The Astronomical Journal 108 (4), pp. 1256-1265 (1994)
- Will et al .: "CCD photometry of the young association NGC 1962-65-66-70 in the Large Magellanic Cloud"; Astronomy and Astrophysics 301, p. 396 (1995)