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Old 31-08-2009, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by renormalised View Post
At the given distance of the LMC, that makes Henize70 426.73ly in diameter. Definitely not a PN. Probably formed by multiple supernovae or a hypernova.
Henize 70 is an example of a Superbubble.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superbubble

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