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LMC supernova remnants
I’m gearing up to hit the Large Magellanic Cloud a bit later in the year and, among other things, I’ve been researching supernova remnants.
I’m curious to see if anyone has experience of visually tracking these objects down in the LMC, and what kind of aperture it took - or what filters you used. A couple of decades ago I found quite a lot of nebulae and star clusters working off a chart I got from Siding Spring Observatory with an old Meade DS-16 but I don’t recall ever going after supernova remnants.
I’ve seen great shots of SNR 0509, N49 (DEM L 190), N132D and the like - but what about through the eyepiece?
There are 47 confirmed supernova remnants in the LMC and 13 in the SMC ... there’s got to be something there worth tracking down!
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