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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"
NGC 1818: Pick A Star
31/05/2003
Denizen of the Tarantula Nebula
03/05/2003
Energized Nebula in the LMC
10/04/2003
DEM L71: When Small Stars Explode
14/03/2003
A Magellanic Starfield
04/01/2003
A Cerro Tololo Sky
09/11/2002
The Tarantula Zone
13/06/2002
N132D and the Color of X-Rays
23/05/2002
N44C: A Nebular Mystery
14/05/2002
The Mysterious Rings of Supernova 1987A
31/03/2002
A Southern Sky View
10/03/2002
Halloween and the Ghost Head Nebula
31/10/2001
Neighboring Galaxy: The Large Magellanic Cloud
04/08/2001
NGC 1850: Not Found in the Milky Way
12/07/2001
A Cerro Tololo Sky
14/05/2001
Visitors' Galaxy Gallery
27/04/2001
New Stars Destroying NGC 1748
03/04/2001
The First Lunar Observatory
11/11/2000
Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy NGC 205 in the Local Group
23/10/2000
ROSAT Explores The X-Ray Sky
19/08/2000
NGC1850: Star Cluster in the LMC
29/07/2000
Neighboring Galaxy: The Large Magellanic Cloud
22/02/2000
New Shocks For Supernova 1987A
17/02/2000
XMM-Newton First Light: X-Rays From The LMC
11/02/2000
The Mysterious Rings of Supernova 1987A
06/02/2000
A Magellanic Starfield
13/12/1999
30 Doradus: The Tarantula Nebula
26/10/1999
Massive Stars Of 30 Doradus
30/09/1999
Supernova Remnant N132D in X-Rays
13/09/1999
N159 and the Papillon Nebula
14/06/1999