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The Large Magellanic Cloud

author: S.Brunier/Novapix

reference: a-gax90-00050

Image Size 300 DPI: 60 * 39 cm

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is the nearest galaxy to the Milky Way at a distance of 160,000 light years and is visible to the unaided eye from southern latitudes.

Keywords for this photo:

30 DORADUS - ASTRONOMY - CHILE - DORADO - DWARF GALAXY - GALAXY - IRREGULAR GALAXY - LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD - LOCAL GROUP - NEBULA - NGC 2070 - POSTER - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - STAR - STAR FORMATION - TARENTULA -