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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 ]
The Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. A dwarf galaxy is a small galaxy composed of about 1000 up to several billion stars, as compared to the Milky Way's 200–400 billion stars. [1]
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, as is another nearby galaxy called the Small Magellanic Cloud. Both are smaller than our galaxy and offer different galactic ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... also known as N 180B (LHA 120-N 180B), [3] is an emission nebula located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. [1 ...
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 ]
NGC 1761 (also known as GC 980, JH 2710, LH 9) [3] is an open cluster in the Dorado constellation in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It encompasses a group of about 50 massive hot young stars. These stars are among the largest stars known anywhere in the Universe and appear as bright blue-white in colour.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Large Magellanic Cloud in fiction (9 P) S. Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (41 P) T.