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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.
In photographs, the cluster spans an apparent size of 3.50 arc minutes. [1] The core radius has an angular size of 10.7 ± 0.4 arc seconds, [5] while the half-light radius is 24.3 arc seconds. [4] There are a total of 49 known and one candidate RR Lyrae variable stars in the cluster, as of 2011. Eight are RRd, or double-mode RR Lyrae variables.
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 ]
The N 70 Nebula, in the Large Magellanic Cloud has a shell structure and is really a bubble in space. It is a "Super Bubble". Barnard's Loop: 300 ly (92 pc) [47] [48] H II region: Supernova over the last 4 million years probably carved cavities in gas clouds forming the semi circle shape of Barnard’s loop. Sh2-54: 252 ly (77 pc) [49] [50] H ...
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.
NCG 5204 is a Magellanic spiral galaxy located about 14.5 million light-years away from Earth [note 1] in the constellation of Ursa Major and is a member of the M101 Group of galaxies. [4] [5] It has a galaxy morphological classification of SA(s)m and is highly irregular, with only the barest indication of any spiral arm structure. [3]
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.
Large Magellanic Cloud L/T eff: LMC 163466 734 [105] Large Magellanic Cloud L/T eff: HV 2310 734 [107] Large Magellanic Cloud L/T eff: HD 269723 734 ± 17, [111] 814 [113] –829 [122] Large Magellanic Cloud L/T eff: A yellow hypergiant. SP77 44-17 732 [105] Large Magellanic Cloud L/T eff: SP77 38-5a 732 [105] Large Magellanic Cloud L/T eff ...