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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"
Denizen of the Tarantula Nebula
07/04/1999
A Supernova Star-Field
09/02/1999
Henize 70: A SuperBubble In The LMC
13/06/1998
NGC 1818: Pick A Star
15/04/1998
A Southern Sky View
26/02/1998
Ultra-Fast Pulsar
11/02/1998
A Magellanic Mural
03/02/1998
The Large Cloud Of Magellan (LMC)
24/01/1998
30 Doradus Across the Spectrum
24/12/1997
Colliding Supernova Remnants
02/10/1997
NGC1850: Star Cluster in the LMC
20/06/1997
Tarantula Credit:
04/06/1997
The Closest Galaxy: The Sagittarius Dwarf Credit and Copyright:
29/03/1997
In the Center of NGC 604 Credit:
05/03/1997
Supernova 1987a Fireball Resolved Credit:
24/01/1997
The Large Cloud of Magellan (LMC) Credit:
23/10/1996
ROSAT Explores the X-Ray Sky
08/10/1996
The Mysterious Rings of Supernova 1987a
05/07/1996
Superbubbles in the LMC
03/07/1996
The First Lunar Observatory
08/06/1996
Henize 70: A SuperBubble In The LMC
10/05/1996
Supernova Remnant: Cooking Elements In The LMC
09/05/1996
The Closest Galaxy: The Sagittarius Dwarf
04/02/1996
A MACHO View of Galactic Dark Matter
02/02/1996
Local Group Galaxy NGC 205
08/01/1996
LMC X-1: A Black Hole Candidate
30/12/1995
LMC Star Clouds
11/10/1995
The Large Cloud of Magellan
18/09/1995