Large Magellanic Cloud
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| Distance to Earth | 158,200 light years |
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| Radius | 7,000 light years |
| Stars | 30 billion |
| Apparent size (V) | 10. 75° × 9. 17° |
| Coordinates | RA 5h 23m 34s | Dec -69° 45′ 22″ |
| Did you know | It is the largest of the small galaxies that orbit the Milky Way. |
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| ID | 895009 |
About Large Magellanic Cloud
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. At a distance of about 50 kiloparsecs, the LMC is the second- or third-closest galaxy to the Milky Way, after the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal and the possible dwarf irregular galaxy known as the Canis Major Overdensity.
Large Magellanic Cloud Photos
