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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.
NGC 2210 as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. NGC 2210 is a globular cluster located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, in the constellation Dorado. It is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. It was first discovered by astronomer John Herschel on January 31, 1835. [1]
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] If they are in orbit, that orbit takes at least 4 billion years.
Hubble's high resolution view of the star-forming region of Tarantula Nebula and the R136 super star cluster at its center The Tarantula Nebula has an apparent magnitude of 8. Considering its distance of about 49 kpc [ 2 ] (160,000 light-years ), this is an extremely luminous non-stellar object.
LH 95 is a modestly sized stellar nursery in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It is related to the HII-region LHA 120-N 55 , that is, a region of hydrogen ionized by the bright stars of LH 95. Previously only young bright stars were known in this stellar association. [ 2 ]
R136 (formerly known as RMC 136 from the Radcliffe Observatory Magellanic Clouds catalogue [4]) is the central concentration of stars in the NGC 2070 star cluster, which lies at the centre of the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Large Magellanic Cloud with N11 at top left (forming the northwest corner) N11 (also known as LMC N11, LHA 120-N 11) is the brightest emission nebula in the north-west part of the Large Magellanic Cloud in the Dorado constellation. [4] The N11 complex is the second largest H II region of that galaxy, the largest being the Tarantula Nebula.
NGC 2014 is a red emission nebula surrounding an open cluster of stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud, at a distance of about 163,000 light-years. [2]The nebula was discovered on 3 August 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. [3]