NGC 2020 is an HII Region surrounding the Wolf-Rayet star BAT99-59.[2] It is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

The nebula was discovered on 30 December 1836 by polymath John Herschel.[3] Together with NGC 2014 it makes up the Cosmic Reef.[4]

References

  1. ^ SEDS: NGC 2020
  2. ^ Y.-H. Chu, K. Weis, D. R. Garnett (1999), "Physical Structure of Small Wolf-Rayet Ring Nebulae", The Astronomical Journal (in German), vol. 117, no. 3, pp. 1433–1440, arXiv:astro-ph/9812076, Bibcode:1999AJ....117.1433C, doi:10.1086/300777, S2CID 30767486{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Seligman
  4. ^ "Cosmic Reef". HubbleSite.org. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  • Media related to NGC 2020 at Wikimedia Commons


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2020
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