N41 (nebula)

Short description: Nebula in the constellation Dorado

N41Emission nebula

N41, located at the northeast of N44

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
See also: Lists of nebulae

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]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "LHA 120-N 41". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=LHA+120-N+41.
2. ↑ Davies, R. D.; Elliott, K. H.; Meaburn, J. (1976). "The nebular complexes of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds". Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society 81: 89. ISSN 0369-1829. Bibcode: 1976MmRAS..81...89D. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1976MmRAS..81...89D/abstract.
3. ↑ Henize, Karl G. (September 1956). "Catalogues of Hα-emission Stars and Nebulae in the Magellanic Clouds" (in en). The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 2: 315. doi:10.1086/190025. ISSN 0067-0049. Bibcode: 1956ApJS....2..315H. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/doi/10.1086/190025.

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