Supernova remnants in the Large Magellanic Cloud
A living, multiwavelength, literature-consolidated census of all known LMC SNRs. Click any object for a multiwavelength viewer, physical properties, and external archive links.
80confirmed SNRs
44candidates
124total objects
LMC Sky Map ICRS
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RA increases leftward. Drag to pan, scroll to zoom. Marker size follows angular radius. Background: SHASSA Hα (CDS).
Multiwavelength coverage
X-rayeROSITA, XMM-Newton
OpticalDSS2, SHASSA H-alpha, DeMCELS
RadioRACS, SUMSS, ASKAP
UV / IRGALEX, AllWISE, 2MASS