NGC 2074
| Emission nebula | |
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| NGC 2074
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| The emission nebula NGC 2074 recorded by the Hubble Space Telescope with the WFPC2. | |
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| Constellation | Swordfish |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 05 h 39 m 03.6 s |
| declination | -69 ° 29 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance
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| Apparent brightness (B-band) | 8.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | ? |
| Ionizing source | |
| designation | Open star cluster |
| Physical data
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| Affiliation | Large Magellanic Cloud |
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history
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| discovery | James Dunlop |
| Date of discovery | August 3, 1826 |
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| NGC 2074 • ESO 57-EN08 • GC 1272 • h 2942 • | |
NGC 2074 is an emission nebula in the constellation Swordfish with an embedded open star cluster . NGC 2074 is about 160,000 light years from Earth and is part of the Large Magellanic Cloud and 30 Doradus , also an emission nebula. The image from the Hubble Space Telescope of NGC 2074 was taken on the occasion of the telescope's 18 years of exploration and the 100,000 orbit around the earth on August 10, 2008.
discovery
The emission nebula NGC 2074 was discovered on August 3, 1826 by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop .
Web links
Commons : NGC 2074 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
