NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 1760 is a diffuse nebula in LMC, probably an HII region, south-southwest of NGC 1761 (which see). It just barely shows on the DSS1, and is associated there with a line of 9 or 10 stars. JH's sketch of the field is fairly close to what we see on the IIIa-J and IIIa-F plates (DSS2) of the area, though.

===== NGC 1760 30" (11/4/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): appears as a 1.7' E-W string of a half-dozen stars over fairly bright nebulosity. The emission haze is brightest just south of the string and extending to the west of the string a couple of arc minutes. Irregular nebulosity also branches out to the south of the string for another 2' and involves a mag 12 star. Another 2' string of N-S stars is on the west side of the haze. NGC 1760 is at the SW end of a stunning complex (LHA 120-N11) of clusters and nebulosity including NGC 1763 = Bean Nebula, a showpiece nebula and cluster centered 7' NE; NGC 1761, a larger cluster and nebulosity just 3' N; NGC 1769, a bright emission nebula 8' NE; along with NGC 1773, NGC 1776 and IC 2115. Lucke and Hodge assign NGC 1760 and 1761 to stellar association LH 9. 13.1" (2/17/04 - Costa Rica): very faint, small, elongated 1' strip just 3' S of NGC 1761 with one or two stars barely resolved.