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The Large Magellanic cloud

author: S.Numazawa/APB/Novapix

reference: a-gax90-00054

Image Size 300 DPI: 34 * 27 cm

The Large Magellanic cloud is about 160 000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Dorado. Naked-eye visible in the southern hemisphere, it is one of the nearest galaxy.

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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 -