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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.
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 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 ]
N119 (formally known as LHA 120-N 119) is a spiral-shaped H II region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Its dimensions are large, at 131 x 175 pc (430 × 570 ly). [2] It contains several luminous stars including S Doradus, LH41-1042, and LMC195-1. Its peculiar S-shaped structure is difficult to explain with classical models.
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 ...
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]
Because Dorado contains part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, it is rich in deep sky objects. The Large Magellanic Cloud, 25,000 light-years in diameter, is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way Galaxy, located at a distance of 179,000 light-years. It has been deformed by its gravitational interactions with the larger Milky Way.