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Large Magellanic Cloud
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a dwarf satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, located about 160,000–200,000 light‑years away in the southern constellations Dorado and Mensa. Roughly 10,000 light‑years across, it is rich in star-forming regions—such as the Tarantula Nebula—and contains billions of stars.
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APODs including "Large Magellanic Cloud"
Star Cluster R136 Bursts Out
21/12/2009
Stars Over Easter Island
12/10/2009
The Tarantula Zone
16/09/2009
Irregular Galaxy NGC 55
12/08/2009
The Seahorse of the Large Magellanic Cloud
23/03/2009
NGC 604: X-rays from a Giant Stellar Nursery
05/02/2009
Globular Cluster NGC 2419
23/01/2009
The Large Cloud of Magellan
19/12/2008
The Cosmic Web of the Tarantula Nebula
11/11/2008
Irregular Galaxy NGC 55
10/10/2008
M110: Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy
09/09/2008
The Tarantula Zone
26/04/2008
A Large Magellanic Cloud Deep Field
09/04/2008
The N44 Complex
27/03/2008
Star Forming Region LH 95
12/03/2008
Double Supernova Remnants DEM L316
15/01/2008
Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula
31/10/2007
The Small Cloud of Magellan
01/10/2007
Tentacles of the Tarantula Nebula
22/08/2007
NGC 4449: Close-Up of a Small Galaxy
10/07/2007
Star Cluster R136 Bursts Out
06/05/2007
Small Galaxy NGC 4449
03/05/2007
The Mysterious Rings of Supernova 1987A
07/01/2007
The Large Magellanic Cloud in Infrared
04/09/2006
Magellanic Morning
09/08/2006
A Cerro Tololo Sky
06/08/2006
Four Supernova Remnants
28/07/2006
Shell Game in the LMC
18/05/2006
The Large Cloud of Magellan
10/05/2006
The N44 Emission Nebula
13/02/2006