LMC N49
Supernova remnant in the constellation Dorado
title: "LMC N49" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["dorado", "large-magellanic-cloud", "supernova-remnants"] description: "Supernova remnant in the constellation Dorado" topic_path: "general/dorado" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMC_N49" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Supernova remnant in the constellation Dorado ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | LMC N49, The Brasil Nebula |
| image | Sig06-030.jpg |
| type | Supernova remnant |
| type2 | |
| epoch | J2000.0 |
| ra | |
| dec | |
| dist_ly | 160,000 |
| appmag_v | 12.71 |
| appdia | |
| constellation | Dorado |
| dimensions | 75 ly across |
| names | LMC N49, PKS 0525-66, PKS B0525-661, PKS J0525-6604, SNR J052559-660453 |
| :: |
|name = LMC N49, The Brasil Nebula |image = Sig06-030.jpg |caption = |credit = |type = Supernova remnant |type2 = |epoch = J2000.0 |subtype = |class = |ra = |dec = |dist_ly = 160,000 |dist_pc = |dist_z = |appmag_v = 12.71 |appdia = |size_v = |constellation = Dorado |radius_ly = |radius_pc = |dimensions = 75 ly across |absmag_v = |notes = |names = LMC N49, PKS 0525-66, PKS B0525-661, PKS J0525-6604, SNR J052559-660453 N49 or LMC N49 is a supernova remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
After a massive detection of Gamma-ray and X-ray emissions from the LMC N49 were detected on March 5, 1979 by the Venera 11, 12, other 7 spacecraft, and confirmed to be particularly strong by the first X-ray telescope, the Einstein Observatory. The N49 supernova remnant is also known as the Brasil Nebula, due to its shape resembling the outline of Brazil in some images.
References
"The Einstein Observatory (HEAO-2)" https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/einstein/heao2.html
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, "N49: A supernova remnant in the Large Magellanic Cloud" | align = left | image1 = Brazil Blank Map.svg | width1 = 179 | caption1 = Outline of Brazil | image2 = N 49 Supernova remnant.jpg | width2 = 150 | caption2 =LMC N49 Supernova remnant, very similar to Brazil's Outline. Observation made by ESA/Hubble, on 3 July 2003, 15:00.
References
- ('''PKS 0525-66''', PKS B0525-661, PKS J0525-6604, '''SNR J052559-660453'''), also known as '''Brasil Nebula''',Sky & Telescope, August 2004, page 12
- Cosmos, Carl Sagan, page 300
- "PKS 0525-66". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Encyclopedia.
- "SNR J052559-660453".
- [[Chandra X-ray Observatory]]. (2010-05-24). "N49: Stellar Shrapnel Seen in Aftermath of Explosion".
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