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The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a dwarf galaxy and satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. [7] At a distance of around 50 kiloparsecs (163,000 light-years), [2] [8] [9] [10] the LMC is the second- or third-closest galaxy to the Milky Way, after the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal (c. 16 kiloparsecs (52,000 light-years) away) and the possible dwarf irregular galaxy called the Canis Major Overdensity.
The Large Magellanic Cloud was the host galaxy to a supernova , the brightest observed in over four centuries. Measurements with the Hubble Space Telescope, announced in 2006, suggest the Magellanic Clouds may be moving too fast to be long term companions of the Milky Way . [ 34 ]
HD 271182, occasionally referred to as G266 and R92, is a rare yellow hypergiant (YHG) and an Alpha Cygni variable.It is one of the brightest stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), [10] positioned in the deep southern constellation of Dorado.
The Large Magellanic Cloud, for instance, has less dust than the Milky Way and a smaller content of what astronomers call metallic elements - those other than hydrogen and helium.
Measurements with the Hubble Space Telescope in 2006 suggest the Magellanic Clouds may be moving too fast to be orbiting the Milky Way. [3] Of the galaxies confirmed to be in orbit, the largest is the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy, which has a diameter of 2.6 kiloparsecs (8,500 ly) [4] or roughly a twentieth that of the Milky Way.
Large Magellanic Cloud L/T eff: HD 269551 A 1,439 [104] Large Magellanic Cloud L/T eff: HV 12463 1,420 [104] Large Magellanic Cloud L/T eff: IRAS 05280–6910: 1,367 [105] Large Magellanic Cloud L/T eff: The most reddened object in the Large Magellanic Cloud. [103] MSX LMC 597 1,278 [106] –1,444 [103] Large Magellanic Cloud L/T eff: OGLE ...
A large ring of cold gas that formed from a collision of two galaxies. [3] Magellanic Stream: 600,000 ly (180,000 pc) [4] complex of HVCs: Connects the Large and Small Magellanic clouds; extends across 180° of the sky. Lyman-alpha blob 1: 300,000 ly (92,000 pc) [5] LαB: Largest blob in the LAB Giant Concentration [citation needed] Himiko Gas ...
The largest of these is the Large Magellanic Cloud with a diameter of 32,200 light-years. [278] It has a close companion, the Small Magellanic Cloud. The Magellanic Stream is a stream of neutral hydrogen gas extending from these two small galaxies across 100° of the sky.