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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.
N119's location within the Large Magellanic Cloud. With a right ascension of 5 h 18 m 45 s and a declination of −69° 14′ 03″, [1] this nebula may be found in the constellation of Dorado about 160 kly (50 kpc) away. Its apparent size is roughly 9′ 14″ × 12′ 15″.
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 ]
Toggle the table of contents. ... Diameter (ly) Millions of light-years Mpc M ... Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) SB(s)m 0.163 0.050 [7] −17.93 [7]
The Large Magellanic Cloud, with the location of NGC 2035 and NGC 2032 marked just left of centre. NGC 2035 (also known as ESO 56-EN161 and the Dragon's Head Nebula) is an emission nebula and a H II region in the Dorado constellation and part of the Large Magellanic Cloud. [2] It was discovered by James Dunlop on August 3, 1826. Its apparent ...
Toggle the table of contents. ... 05 h 58 m 55.90 s [1] Declination: −68 30 58.09 ... It is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. [4] References
It belongs to the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way, which is at a distance of 168,000 light years. [1] NGC 2080 was discovered by John Frederick William Herschel in 1834. [2] The Ghost Head Nebula has a diameter of 50 light-years [3] and is named for the two distinct white patches it possesses, called the "eyes of the ...
NGC 1755 (also known as ESO 56-SC28) [3] is an open star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud in the Dorado constellation. It is about 120 light years across and due to its size could be a globular cluster. [2] It has a diameter of 2.6′ and an apparent magnitude of 9.9. [3] It was discovered by James Dunlop in 1826. [2]