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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 Aquarius Dwarf
27/07/2003
SNR 0103-72.6: Oxygen Supply
28/05/2003
The Heart in NGC 346
14/02/2003
A Cerro Tololo Sky
09/11/2002
Counting Stars in the Infrared Sky
19/07/2002
Neighboring Galaxy: The Large Magellanic Cloud
04/08/2001
A Cerro Tololo Sky
14/05/2001
The UV SMC from UIT
24/03/2001
Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy NGC 205 in the Local Group
23/10/2000
N81: Star Cradle in the SMC
05/10/2000
The Near Infrared Sky
18/05/2000
The Small Cloud of Magellan (SMC)
30/04/2000
Neighboring Galaxy: The Large Magellanic Cloud
22/02/2000
X-ray Hot Supernova Remnant in the SMC
09/12/1999
Hydrogen Blob N88A in the Small Magellanic Cloud
29/07/1999
N81: Starbirth in the SMC
27/07/1998
7,000 Stars And The Milky Way
23/05/1998
A Magellanic Mural
03/02/1998
The Small Cloud of Magellan (SMC)
25/01/1998
The Large Cloud Of Magellan (LMC)
24/01/1998
The Small Cloud of Magellan
19/07/1997
7,000 Stars And The Milky Way
17/05/1997
The UV SMC from UIT Credit:
20/12/1996
The Large Cloud of Magellan (LMC) Credit:
23/10/1996
7,000 Stars And The Milky Way
13/02/1996
Local Group Galaxy NGC 205
08/01/1996
The Small Cloud of Magellan
19/09/1995