Large Magellanic Cloud

Superbubbles:

Master Chart

Superbubbles… power, complexity and beauty

The LMC’s superbubbles. This beautiful photo was taken by astronomer and astronaut Karl Henize in Bloemfontein, South Africa, in 1951

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Location: LMC = Supergiant Shell. S/P = Southern Periphery

Superbubbles

Name
Local OB Assoc.
RA
Dec
Size ly
Region
Location
N11
LH 9
04 56 51
-66 24 24
490x325
Northwest
Central Chart
N44
LH 47
05 22 07
-67 56 46
325x245
Northeast
Central Chart
N51A
LH 51, LH 54
05 28 06
-67 26 50
440x390
Northeast
LMC 4 S/P
N51D
LH 63
05 26 14
-67 30 18
210x160
Northeast
LMC 4 S/P
N57A
LH 76
05 32 24
-67 41 18
650x325
Northeast
LMC 4 S/P
N70
LH 114
05 36 11
-69 11 48
300x300
Northeast
Central Chart
N103
NGC 1850
05 08 54
-68 45 00
390x390
Bar
Bar Chart
N105
LH 31
05 09 57
-68 53 31
290x95
Bar
Bar Chart
N144
LH 58
05 26 45
-68 49 54
390x245
Southeast
LMC 2
N154
LH 81, LH 87
05 35 04
-69 43 25
590x390
Southeast
Central Chart
N158
LH 101, LH 104
05 39 33
-69 25 48
325x290
Southeast
LMC 2
N160
LH 103
05 39 46
-69 45 39
580x390
Southeast
LMC 2
N185
-
04 53 58
-70 00 53
300-365
Southwest
LMC 7
N186
-
04 59 45
-70 09 45
420x320
Southwest
LMC 8
N206
LH 66, LH 69
05 29 36
-71 00 00
350x350
Southeast
LMC 9
30 Doradus C
LH 90
05 36 11
-69 11 48
320x290
Southeast
30 Doradus

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