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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"
Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc
24/10/2020
Our Rotating Earth
Video
01/07/2020
Two Hemisphere Night Sky
27/02/2020
NGC 602 and Beyond
11/01/2020
From the Northern to the Southern Cross
27/01/2019
Milky Way Falls
12/01/2019
NGC 1898: Globular Cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud
03/10/2018
Milky Way vs Airglow Australis
17/05/2018
Rotation of the Large Magellanic Cloud
16/05/2018
Magellanic Mountain
28/04/2018
Gaia's Milky Way
27/04/2018
Milky Way over Deadvlei in Namibia
18/04/2018
NGC 602 and Beyond
24/03/2018
Three Galaxies and a Comet
14/01/2018
Star Cluster NGC 362 from Hubble
11/10/2017
A Kalahari Sky
30/05/2017
NGC 602 and Beyond
02/04/2017
An Active Night over the Magellan Telescopes
Video
21/02/2017
Milky Way with Airglow Australis
03/02/2017
Red Aurora Over Australia
29/01/2017
Milky Way over Shipwreck
30/11/2016
Galaxies from the Altiplano
13/10/2016
Deep Magellanic Clouds Image Indicates Collisions
25/07/2016
Milky Way Over Quiver Tree Forest
15/05/2016
Sky Lights in the New Year
02/01/2016
Southern Craters and Galaxies
26/12/2015
Seeking Venus under the Spitzkoppe Arch
03/11/2015
A Gegenschein Lunar Eclipse
14/10/2015
Milky Way and Aurora over Antarctica
27/07/2015
Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc
19/05/2015