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The Small Magellanic Cloud (NGC 292)

author: R.Gendler/J.Hambsch/Novapix

reference: a-gax90-00007

Image Size 300 DPI: 38 * 34 cm

The Small Magellanic Cloud is about 210,000 light years in the constellation of Tucana. It is one of the Milky Way's nearest neighbors. The globular clusters 47 Tucana (on the right) and NGC 362 (on the upper left corner) are also visible on this image.

Keywords for this photo:

47 TUCANAE - ASTRONOMY - DWARF GALAXY - GALAXY - GLOBULAR CLUSTER - IRREGULAR GALAXY - LOCAL GROUP - NEBULA - NGC 104 - NGC 292 - NGC 362 - SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - STAR - STAR CLUSTER - STAR FORMATION - TUCANA -