LMC & SMC by Bica

[glenc]

If you are imaging objects in the LMC & SMC you might find these two catalogs useful. They were produced by Bica.

LMC extended catalog (Bica+, 1999)
http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=J/AJ/117/238

SMC and Bridge extended catalog (Bica+ 1995)
http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR?-source=J/ApJS/101/41

A: association
C: star cluster
N: emission nebula

An Excel spreadsheet with both files is attached.

[EzyStyles]

Thanks for the info Glen. might have a good look.

[glenc]

The attached pdf file lists 388 NGC and IC objects in the LMC and SMC.
The columns are names, RA, dec, type, max and min size, position angle
Objects larger than 2.7' have their size coloured white.

The file is from the Catalogue of extended objects in Magellanic Clouds (Bica+, 2008)
http://vizier.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-kw.cat=21010041

Types are:
C = Ordinary cluster (yellow)
GC = Globular cluster (orange)
CN = Cluster in nebula (all nebula are green)
CA = Cluster similar to association
DCN = Decoupled cluster from nebula
A = Ordinary association
AN = Association w/nebular traces
AC = Association similar to cluster
DAN = Decoupled association from nebula
NA = Nebula w/embedded association
NC = Nebula w/probable embedded cluster
EN = Nebula wo/association/cluster
SNR = Supernova remnants
DNC = Decoupled nebula from cluster
DNA = Decoupled cluster from nebula
HS = HI shells and supershells

[glenc]

Paddy (Patrick Kavanagh) has an excellent website on the LMC and SMC with charts at:
http://www.cloudsofmagellan.net.au/downloads.html

http://www.cloudsofmagellan.net.au/index.htm

[glenc]

Today's APOD has a great LMC image with the objects labelled.
The Large Cloud of Magellan
Image Credit & Copyright: L. Comolli (http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/index2.htm), L. Fontana, G. Ghioldi & E. Sordini
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130528.html