NGC 2011
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| Constellation | Swordfish |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 32 m 20.2 s |
| declination | -67 ° 31 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance
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| Brightness (visual) | 10.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 10.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1' |
| Physical data
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| Affiliation | Large Magellanic Cloud ; Complex SC2 on the southern edge of LMC 4 |
| Age | (6 ± 1) million years |
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| Discovered by | John Herschel |
| Discovery time | January 31, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2011 • ESO 56-SC144 • h 2899 • GC 1214 | |
NGC 2011 is a young open star cluster of the Large Magellanic Cloud and is located in the constellation Swordfish . It is one of the brightest and the largest number of members double star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It belongs to the star complex SC2 , an active star formation area on the southern edge of the huge ring-shaped structure LMC 4 of the Large Magellanic Cloud, which also includes various star associations and other young star clusters. The object was discovered by John Herschel on January 31, 1835 .
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literature
- Gouliermis et al .: "HST WFPC2 Observations of the Peculiar Main Sequence of the Double Star Cluster NGC 2011 in the Large Magellanic Cloud"; The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 652, Issue 2, pp. L93-L96 (2006)