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The entire Large Magellanic Cloud with annotations
This image shows the entire Large Magellanic Cloud, with some of the brightest objects marked. The field of the new MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope image is indicated with an outline. The field of view is about ten degrees across.
Credit:
Robert Gendler/ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso1021d |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 1 June 2010, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1021 |
| Size: | 5000 x 4105 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Irregular • X - Galaxies |
| Distance: | 180000 light years |
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