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Small Magellanic Cloud
A dwarf irregular galaxy that is a satellite of the Milky Way, situated about 210,000 light-years away in the constellation Tucana. The SMC is characterized by its low metallicity and active star-forming regions like NGC 346.
Source: science.nasa.gov
APODs including "Small Magellanic Cloud"
47 Tucanae: Globular Star Cluster
05/09/2025
A Milky Road to the Rubin Observatory
04/06/2025
Young Star Cluster NGC 346
02/05/2025
Galaxies in Space
08/03/2025
NGC 602: Stars Versus Pillars from Webb
29/10/2024
The Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy
02/10/2024
NGC 602: Oyster Star Cluster
02/07/2024
3 ATs
04/05/2024
ELT and the Milky Way
16/03/2024
Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc
08/02/2024
Three Galaxies and a Comet
27/08/2023
Milky Way and Aurora over Antarctica
02/07/2023
Deep Field: The Large Magellanic Cloud
07/03/2023
Magellanic Clouds over Chile
11/02/2023
Young Star Cluster NGC 346
13/01/2023
A 10,000 Kilometer Galactic Bridge
03/06/2022
Young Stars of NGC 346
12/05/2022
Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc
10/03/2022
From Orion to the Southern Cross
18/01/2022
NGC 6822: Barnard's Galaxy
02/12/2021
Night Sky Reflected
13/09/2021
NGC 602 and Beyond
16/05/2021
A Little Like Mars
05/03/2021
Southern Sky from 38,000 Feet
30/01/2021
Southern Cross over Chilean Volcano
25/01/2021
The Milky Ring
22/01/2021
The Small Cloud of Magellan
05/01/2021
Galaxies and the South Celestial Pole
01/01/2021
NGC 346: Star Forming Cluster in the SMC
01/12/2020
NGC 6822: Barnard's Galaxy
28/11/2020