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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"
The Milky Way Over Pulpit Rock
05/07/2010
Iguaçu Starry Night
14/05/2010
NGC 602 and Beyond
03/04/2010
The Magellanic Stream
25/01/2010
The Tail of the Small Magellanic Cloud
07/01/2010
All-Sky Milky Way Panorama
25/11/2009
Meteor between the Clouds
20/11/2009
Supernova Remnant E0102-72
05/09/2009
SNR 0104: An Unusual Suspect
12/06/2009
NGC 602 and Beyond
25/10/2008
Young Stars of NGC 346
28/09/2008
M110: Satellite of the Andromeda Galaxy
09/09/2008
47 Tuc: A Great Globular Cluster of Stars
26/08/2008
A Large Magellanic Cloud Deep Field
09/04/2008
The Milky Way at 5000 Meters
04/01/2008
The Small Cloud of Magellan
01/10/2007
Dwarf Galaxies in the Coma Cluster
31/05/2007
Three Galaxies and a Comet
30/03/2007
NGC 602 and Beyond
10/01/2007
Messier 110
08/09/2006
Supernova Remnant E0102 from Hubble
29/08/2006
Magellanic Morning
09/08/2006
A Cerro Tololo Sky
06/08/2006
Young Stars of NGC 346
17/11/2005
A Taurid Meteor Fireball
15/11/2005
Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae from SALT
05/09/2005
SNR 0103-72.6: Oxygen Supply
13/08/2005
The Small Cloud of Magellan
17/06/2005
NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud
18/01/2005
A Cerro Tololo Sky
13/03/2004