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The
neighborhood of the Large Magellanic Clouds (LMC, 160000 l.y.) is
encircle by hundreds of nebulae and clusters. This small field of
1°x1.5° shows the Dragon's Head nebula (NGC 2032), the large
greenish nebula at top-right. Many more interesting object are present:
NGC 2020 is a green oval at top-center; NGC 2014 is the red nebula
immediately on the left; NGC 1968 and 1955 are the large red nebulae on
the left; tens of globular clusters are present in the field, mainly
immersed in the blue star clouds.