Astrophotography - NGC 1760 - Candy Floss Nebula - N11 Emission Nebula
N11 (also known as LMC N11, LHA 120-N 11) is the brightest emission nebula in the north-west part of the Large Magellanic Cloud in the Dorado constellation.[3] The N11 complex is the second largest H II region of that galaxy, the largest being the Tarantula Nebula. It covers an area approximately 6 arc minutes across.[4] It has an elliptical shape and consists of a large bubble, generally clear interstellar area, surrounded by nine large nebulae.[5] It was named by Karl Henize in 1956.[6] When close-up, the nebula has pink clouds of glowing gas which resembles candy floss.[6] It has been well studied over the years and extends 1,000 light-years across.[3] Its particularly notable features include a huge cavity measuring 80 by 60 pc and a five million year old central cluster (NGC 1761). It is surrounded by several ionized clouds where young O stars are forming.[7][8] Several massive stars are within it, including LH 9, LH 10, LH 13, LH 14. It includes a supernova remnant N11L.[9] In the very centre of NGC 1761 is a bright multiple star HD 32228 which contains a rare blue Wolf-Rayet star, type WC5 or WC6, and an O-type bright giant.[10] ~Wikipedia
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