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The Small Magellanic Cloud

author: C.Picking/Novapix

reference: a-gax90-00008

Image Size 300 DPI: 26 * 17 cm

The Small Magellanic Cloud is an irregular galaxy located at about 240,000 light years distance from Earth in the constellation Tucanae, and is one of the closest galaxy of the milky way. The globular cluster 47 Tucanae appears in the upper part of the image.

Keywords for this photo:

2004 - 47 TUCANAE - ASTRONOMY - DWARF GALAXY - GALAXY - GLOBULAR CLUSTER - IRREGULAR GALAXY - LOCAL GROUP - NGC 104 - NGC 292 - SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - STAR - STAR CLUSTER - TUCANA -