The entire Large Magellanic Cloud with annotations (ground-based image)
This image shows the entire Large Magellanic Cloud, with some of the brightest objects marked. The outline shown corresponds to the overview image from Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is about ten degrees across.
Credit:Robert Gendler/ESO
About the Image
| Id: | heic1011d |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 22 June 2010, 11:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1908, heic1011 |
| Size: | 5000 x 4105 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Irregular Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf |
| Distance: | 150000 light years |
| Category: | Galaxies |
