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    NGC 3603 is a nebula situated in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way around 20,000 light-years away from the Solar System. It is a massive H II...
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    NGC 3603-A1 (HD 97950A1) is a double-eclipsing binary star system located at the centre of the HD 97950 cluster in the NGC 3603 star-forming region, about...
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    NGC 3603-B (HD 97950B) is a Wolf-Rayet star located at the centre of the HD 97950 cluster in the NGC 3603 star-forming region, about 25,000 light years...
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  • Amongst the most reliable listed masses are those for the eclipsing binaries NGC 3603-A1, WR 21a, and WR 20a. Masses for all three were obtained from orbital...
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    NGC 3603-C (HD 97950C) is a single-lined spectroscopic binary star system located at the centre of the HD 97950 cluster in the NGC 3603 star-forming region...
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    HD 97950 (category NGC 3603)
    HD 97950, is the central core of a super star cluster within the NGC 3603 H II region (similar to R136 within the Tarantula Nebula). It was catalogued...
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    (2012). "A Galactic O2 If*/WN6 star possibly ejected from its birthplace in NGC 3603". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. 427 (1): L65–L69...
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    known, and would be one of the hottest LBVs) Sher 25 (blue supergiant in NGC 3603 with a bipolar outflow and surrounded by a circumstellar ring) BD+40°4210...
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    intermediate massive counterpart, called proplyd-like objects. Objects in NGC 3603 and later in Cygnus OB2 were proposed as intermediate massive versions...
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    Sher 25 (category NGC 3603)
    located approximately 25,000 light years from the Sun in the H II region NGC 3603 of the Milky Way. It is a spectral type B1Iab star with an apparent magnitude...
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    WR 42e (category NGC 3603)
    (2MASS J11144550-115001) is a Wolf–Rayet star in the massive H II region NGC 3603 in the constellation of the Carina. It is around 25,000 light-years or...
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    This is a list of NGC objects 3001–4000 from the New General Catalogue (NGC). The astronomical catalogue is composed mainly of star clusters, nebulae...
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    Tarantula Nebula (category NGC objects)
    (June 2008). "Chemical Composition and Mixing in Giant H II Regions: NGC 3603, 30 Doradus, and N66". The Astrophysical Journal. 680 (1): 398–419. arXiv:0710...
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  • 78, reflection nebula NGC 248 NGC 249 NGC 256 NGC 261 NGC 267 NGC 281, Pacman Nebula NGC 346 NGC 371 NGC 588 NGC 595 NGC 604 NGC 1435, reflection nebula...
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    et al. (2008). "Chemical composition and mixing in giant HII regions: NGC 3603, Doradus 30, and N66". The Astrophysical Journal. 680 (1): 398–419. arXiv:0710...
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    -R.; Qiu, Y.-L.; Zhu, Z.-X.; Qiao, Q.-Y. (2000). "The supernova 1998S in NGC 3877: Another supernova with Wolf–Rayet star features in pre-maximum spectrum"...
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    March 14 – John Herschel discovers the open cluster of stars now known as NGC 3603, observing from the Cape of Good Hope. March 28 – Andrew Jackson is censured...
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    MTT 68 (category NGC 3603)
    multiple star system located on the outskirts of the HD 97950 cluster in the NGC 3603 star-forming region, about 25,000 light years from Earth. It contains a...
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  • revealed that it is likely an evaporating gaseous globule. Objects in NGC 3603 and later in Cygnus OB2 were proposed as intermediate massive versions...
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    1834 – John Herschel discovers the open cluster of stars now known as NGC 3603, observing from the Cape of Good Hope. May 15, 1836 – Francis Baily, during...
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    embedded within the nebula, with this star formation region likened to NGC 3603 W43's center, finally, contains a dense and massive star cluster with several...
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  • H.; Mizuno, A. (2014). "Molecular Clouds Toward the Super Star Cluster Ngc 3603; Possible Evidence for a Cloud-Cloud Collision in Triggering the Cluster...
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  • A1, a stellar classification A1, a subobject designation; for example NGC 3603-A1 List of A1 genes, proteins or receptors A1 broth, a substance used to...
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    the distant southern open star clusters NGC 3105, NGC 3603, Melotte 105, Hogg 15, NGC 4815, Pismis 20 and NGC 6253". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical...
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    Drissen, Laurent (10 February 2013). "On the Origin of Mass Segregation in NGC 3603". The Astrophysical Journal. 764 (1): 9. arXiv:1212.4566. Bibcode:2013ApJ...
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    Galactic Center as does the Sun. It has been compared to the giant HII region NGC 3603 which is about half as distant. Non-thermal radiation has been found which...
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  • March 14 – John Herschel discovers the open cluster of stars now known as NGC 3603. Hermann Helmholtz proposes gravitational contraction as the energy source...
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    catalog. The new catalog includes bow shocks near the star-forming regions NGC 3603 and RCW 49. The size of the bubbles in the catalog is proven to be as good...
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  • star, Vmax = 10.6m, Vmin = 11.0m NGC 3603-A1 97950A 11h 15m 07.31s −61° 15′ 38.4″ 11.12 20000 WN6ha+O3V in NGC 3603; Algol variable, ΔV = 0.45m, P = 3...
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    NGC 3949 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It is believed to be approximately 50 million light-years away from the Earth....
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