Ground-Based view of the Large Magellanic Cloud
From ground-based telescopes, the glowing gaseous debris surrounding dying, sun-like stars in a nearby galaxy, called the Large Magellanic Cloud, appear as small, shapeless dots of light.
Credit:
D. Malin, Anglo-Australian Observatory/Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, Scotland
About the Image
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| Id: | opo0009b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 9 March 2000, 07:00 |
| Size: | 963 x 773 px |
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 05240-6948, Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Irregular • Galaxies Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 170000 light years |
