The Large Magellanic Cloud before and after SN1987A
Photographic image of the Large Magellanic Cloud, before (left) and after (right) the explosion of SN1987A. The supernova is visible on the right image just below the Tarantula nebula, in the upper part of the irregular galaxy.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0708b |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 24 February 2007 |
| Related releases: | eso0708 |
| Size: | 3600 x 1704 px |
About the Object
| Name: | LMC |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Irregular |
| Distance: | 170000 light years |
| Category: | Galaxies Nebulae |
