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Emission nebula | |
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Observation data: J2000.0 epoch | |
Right ascension | 05h 20m 31s[1] |
Declination | −68° 01′ 01″[1] |
Distance | ~160,000-170,000 ly |
Constellation | Dorado |
Physical characteristics | |
Radius | ~50 ly |
N41 (also known as LMC N41, LHA 120-N 41) is an emission nebula in the north part of the Large Magellanic Cloud in the Dorado constellation.[2] Originally catalogued in Karl Henize's "Catalogue of H-alpha emission stars and nebulae in the Magellanic Clouds" of 1956, it is approximately 100 light-years wide and 160,000-170,000 light-years distant.[3]