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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"
NGC 602 in the Flying Lizard Nebula
07/03/2015
Milky Way over Moon Valley
05/12/2014
Milky Way above Atacama Salt Lagoon
16/09/2014
Cloud, Clusters and Comet Siding Spring
04/09/2014
A Sky Portal in New Zealand
29/07/2014
Three Galaxies over New Zealand
11/06/2014
Satellite Station and Southern Skies
31/05/2014
Aurora over New Zealand
26/02/2014
From the Northern to the Southern Cross
27/01/2014
Three Galaxies and a Comet
20/10/2013
The Magellanic Stream
15/08/2013
The Large Magellanic Cloud in Ultraviolet
10/06/2013
Sweeping Through Southern Skies
16/02/2013
Namibian Nights
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Video
04/02/2013
ISS and the Summer Milky Way
24/01/2013
NGC 602 and Beyond
13/01/2013
Milky Way Over Quiver Tree Forest
12/12/2012
47 Tuc Near the Small Magellanic Cloud
06/12/2012
3 ATs
21/04/2012
Red Aurora Over Australia
01/02/2012
Comet Lovejoy over Paranal
28/12/2011
The View from Chajnantor
23/11/2011
Earth Rotating Under Very Large Telescopes
Video
01/06/2011
Wonder and Mystery above the Very Large Telescopes
09/05/2011
Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc
16/01/2011
The Milky Way Over the Peak of the Furnace
01/11/2010
NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud
17/10/2010
Zodiacal Light Over Namibia
13/09/2010
The Small Cloud of Magellan
03/09/2010
The Planet and the Radio Dish
03/08/2010