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The Large Magellanic Cloud

author: C.Picking/Novapix

reference: a-gax90-00053

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 16 cm

The Large Magellanic Cloud is an irregular galaxy located about 160,000 light years distance from Earth in the constellation Dorado. Visible naked-eye in the night sky of the southern hemisphere, it is one of the closest galaxy from us.

Keywords for this photo:

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