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Proper Name	Bean Nebula
Messier Number	None
NGC/IC Number	None
Other Designations	LHA 120-N11, N11
Constellation	Dorado
Right Ascension	4h 56m 51s
Declination	-66° 24' 24"
Distance	c.163,000 light years c.50,000 parsecs
Mean Diameter	Apparent: 0.5' Actual: c.1,000 light years
Optimum Visibility	December (Usually visible from southern latitudes)
Notes	An immense region of glowing hydrogen embedded within the Large Magellanic Cloud, more than 160,000 light years beyond the Milky Way Galaxy. The nebula is an active star-forming region, and within the gases of the nebula lie clusters of hot newly-born stars.

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