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
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 05240-6948, Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC |
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| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Irregular |
| Distance: | 170000 light years |
| Category: | Galaxies |
