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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A9_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%89" title="سحابة ماجلان الكبرى – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سحابة ماجلان الكبرى" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Nube_de_Magallanes" title="Gran Nube de Magallanes – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Gran Nube de Magallanes" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mborevi_Ygua_(mbyjakuaa)" title="Mborevi Ygua (mbyjakuaa) – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="Mborevi Ygua (mbyjakuaa)" data-language-autonym="Avañe&#039;ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8E_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%98" title="বৃহৎ ম্যাগেলানিক মেঘ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বৃহৎ ম্যাগেলানিক মেঘ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE" title="Оло Магеллан Болото – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Оло Магеллан Болото" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8F%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B5_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Вялікае Магеланава Воблака – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вялікае Магеланава Воблака" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA" title="Голям Магеланов облак – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Голям Магеланов облак" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koumoulenn_vras_Magellan" title="Koumoulenn vras Magellan – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Koumoulenn vras Magellan" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_N%C3%BAvol_de_Magalh%C3%A3es" title="Gran Núvol de Magalhães – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Gran Núvol de Magalhães" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velk%C3%BD_Magellan%C5%AFv_oblak" title="Velký Magellanův oblak – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Velký Magellanův oblak" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Store_Magellanske_Sky" title="Store Magellanske Sky – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Store Magellanske Sky" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fe_Magellansche_Wolke" title="Große Magellansche Wolke – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Große Magellansche Wolke" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suur_Magalh%C3%A3esi_Pilv" title="Suur Magalhãesi Pilv – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Suur Magalhãesi Pilv" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AD%CE%B3%CE%B1_%CE%9D%CE%AD%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9C%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%85" title="Μέγα Νέφος του Μαγγελάνου – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μέγα Νέφος του Μαγγελάνου" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Nube_de_Magallanes" title="Gran Nube de Magallanes – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Gran Nube de Magallanes" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granda_Magelana_Nubo" title="Granda Magelana Nubo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Granda Magelana Nubo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magallaesen_Hodei_Handia" title="Magallaesen Hodei Handia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Magallaesen Hodei Handia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%98%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%B2%D8%B1%DA%AF" title="ابر ماژلانی بزرگ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ابر ماژلانی بزرگ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Nuage_de_Magellan" title="Grand Nuage de Magellan – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Grand Nuage de Magellan" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scamall_M%C3%B3r_Magellan" title="Scamall Mór Magellan – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Scamall Mór Magellan" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Nebulosa_de_Magalh%C3%A3es" title="Gran Nebulosa de Magalhães – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Gran Nebulosa de Magalhães" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8C%80%EB%A7%88%EC%A0%A4%EB%9E%80_%EC%9D%80%ED%95%98" title="대마젤란 은하 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="대마젤란 은하" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D5%84%D5%A5%D5%AE_%D4%B1%D5%B4%D5%BA" title="Մագելանի Մեծ Ամպ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մագելանի Մեծ Ամպ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B2" title="बड़ा मॅजलॅनिक बादल – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बड़ा मॅजलॅनिक बादल" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veliki_Magellanov_oblak" title="Veliki Magellanov oblak – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Veliki Magellanov oblak" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magelanala_Nubi" title="Magelanala Nubi – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Magelanala Nubi" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awan_Magellan_Besar" title="Awan Magellan Besar – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Awan Magellan Besar" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Nube_di_Magellano" title="Grande Nube di Magellano – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Grande Nube di Magellano" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%A0%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%92%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9C" title="ענן מגלן הגדול – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ענן מגלן הגדול" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%92%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="მაგელანის დიდი ნისლეული – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მაგელანის დიდი ნისლეული" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingu_Kubwa_la_Magellan" title="Wingu Kubwa la Magellan – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Wingu Kubwa la Magellan" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lielais_Magel%C4%81na_M%C4%81konis" title="Lielais Magelāna Mākonis – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Lielais Magelāna Mākonis" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didysis_Magelano_Debesis" title="Didysis Magelano Debesis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Didysis Magelano Debesis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagy_Magell%C3%A1n-felh%C5%91" title="Nagy Magellán-felhő – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Nagy Magellán-felhő" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA" title="Голем Магеланов Облак – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Голем Магеланов Облак" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a 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href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grote_Magelhaense_Wolk" title="Grote Magelhaense Wolk – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Grote Magelhaense Wolk" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E3%83%9E%E3%82%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E9%9B%B2" title="大マゼラン雲 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="大マゼラン雲" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_store_magellanske_skyen" title="Den store magellanske skyen – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Den store magellanske skyen" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_store_magellanske_skya" title="Den store magellanske skya – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Den store magellanske skya" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_N%C3%ADvol_de_Magellan" title="Grand Nívol de Magellan – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Grand Nívol de Magellan" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a 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data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suuri_Magellanin_pilvi" title="Suuri Magellanin pilvi – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Suuri Magellanin pilvi" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stora_magellanska_molnet" title="Stora magellanska molnet – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Stora magellanska molnet" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a 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hreflang="udm" data-title="Бадӟым Магеллан Пилем" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%A5%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Велика Магелланова Хмара – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Велика Магелланова Хмара" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DA%91%D8%A7_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%84" title="بڑا میجیلینی بادل – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="بڑا میجیلینی بادل" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" 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.infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background: #ddd;">Large Magellanic Cloud</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Eso1021d.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Eso1021d.jpg/290px-Eso1021d.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="238" class="mw-file-element" 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inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Right_ascension" title="Right ascension">Right ascension</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">05<sup>h</sup> 23<sup>m</sup> 34<sup>s</sup></span><sup id="cite_ref-ned_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ned-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Declination" title="Declination">Declination</a></th><td class="infobox-data">−69&#176;&#160;45.4&#8242;<sup id="cite_ref-ned_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ned-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Cosmic_distance_ladder" title="Cosmic distance ladder">Distance</a></th><td class="infobox-data">163,000 <a href="/wiki/Light-year" title="Light-year">light-years</a> (49.97&#160;<a href="/wiki/Parsec#Parsecs_and_kiloparsecs" title="Parsec">kpc</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Nature_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nature-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Apparent_magnitude" title="Apparent magnitude">Apparent magnitude</a>&#160;<small title="in visual light">(V)</small></th><td class="infobox-data">0.13<sup id="cite_ref-ned_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ned-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ddd;">Characteristics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Galaxy_morphological_classification" title="Galaxy morphological classification">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data">SB(s)m<sup id="cite_ref-ned_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ned-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Mass" title="Mass">Mass</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7010100000000000000♠"></span>1<span style="margin-left:0.25em;margin-right:0.15em;">×</span>10<sup>10</sup></span> (excluding <a href="/wiki/Dark_matter" title="Dark matter">dark matter</a>), <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7011138000000000000♠"></span>1.38<span style="margin-left:0.25em;margin-right:0.15em;">×</span>10<sup>11</sup></span><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> (including <a href="/wiki/Dark_matter" title="Dark matter">dark matter</a>).&#160;<a href="/wiki/Solar_mass" title="Solar mass"><var>M</var><sub>&#x2609;</sub></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background: inherit;">Number of stars</th><td class="infobox-data">20 billion<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background: inherit;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">9.86&#160;<a href="/wiki/Parsec#Parsecs_and_kiloparsecs" title="Parsec">kpc</a> (32,200&#160;<a href="/wiki/Light-year" title="Light-year">ly</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-ned_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ned-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><br />(diameter; 25.0 mag/arcsec<sup>2</sup> B-band <a href="/wiki/Isophote" title="Isophote">isophote</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-RC3_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RC3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="background: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Angular_diameter" title="Angular diameter">Apparent size</a>&#160;<small title="in visual light">(V)</small></th><td class="infobox-data">10.75<a href="/wiki/Degree_(angle)" title="Degree (angle)">°</a> × 9.17°<sup id="cite_ref-ned_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ned-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ddd;">Other designations</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">LMC, ESO 56- G 115, <a href="/wiki/Principal_Galaxies_Catalogue" title="Principal Galaxies Catalogue">PGC</a> 17223,<sup id="cite_ref-ned_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ned-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Nubecula Major<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Large Magellanic Cloud</b> (<b>LMC</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Dwarf_galaxy" title="Dwarf galaxy">dwarf galaxy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Satellite_galaxy" title="Satellite galaxy">satellite galaxy</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Milky_Way" title="Milky Way">Milky Way</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> At a distance of around 50 <a href="/wiki/Parsec#Parsecs_and_kiloparsecs" title="Parsec">kiloparsecs</a> (163,000 <a href="/wiki/Light-year" title="Light-year">light-years</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-Nature_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nature-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Macrietal2006_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Macrietal2006-8"><span 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title="Canis Major Overdensity">Canis Major Overdensity</a>. Based on the D<sub>25</sub> isophote at the B-band (445&#160;nm wavelength of light), the Large Magellanic Cloud is about 9.86 <a href="/wiki/Parsec#Parsecs_and_kiloparsecs" title="Parsec">kiloparsecs</a> (32,200 <a href="/wiki/Light-year" title="Light-year">light-years</a>) across.<sup id="cite_ref-ned_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ned-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RC3_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RC3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It is roughly one-hundredth the mass of the Milky Way<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and is the fourth-largest galaxy in the <a href="/wiki/Local_Group" title="Local Group">Local Group</a>, after the <a href="/wiki/Andromeda_Galaxy" title="Andromeda Galaxy">Andromeda Galaxy</a> (M31), the Milky Way, and the <a href="/wiki/Triangulum_Galaxy" title="Triangulum Galaxy">Triangulum Galaxy</a> (M33). </p><p>The LMC is classified as a <a href="/wiki/Magellanic_spiral" title="Magellanic spiral">Magellanic spiral</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rydenpeterson_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rydenpeterson-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It contains a stellar bar that is geometrically off-center, suggesting that it was once a barred <a href="/wiki/Dwarf_spiral_galaxy" title="Dwarf spiral galaxy">dwarf spiral galaxy</a> before its <a href="/wiki/Spiral_arm" title="Spiral arm">spiral arms</a> were disrupted, likely by tidal interactions from the nearby <a href="/wiki/Small_Magellanic_Cloud" title="Small Magellanic Cloud">Small Magellanic Cloud</a> (SMC) and the Milky Way's gravity.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The LMC is predicted to merge with the Milky Way in approximately 2.4&#160;billion years.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>With a <a href="/wiki/Declination" title="Declination">declination</a> of about −70°, the LMC is visible as a faint "cloud" from the <a href="/wiki/Southern_hemisphere" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern hemisphere">southern hemisphere</a> of the Earth and from as far north as 20°&#160;N. It straddles the <a href="/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellations</a> <a href="/wiki/Dorado" title="Dorado">Dorado</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mensa_(constellation)" title="Mensa (constellation)">Mensa</a> and has an apparent length of about 10° to the naked eye, 20 times the <a href="/wiki/Moon" title="Moon">Moon</a>'s diameter, from dark sites away from <a href="/wiki/Light_pollution" title="Light pollution">light pollution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_of_observation">History of observation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Large_Magellanic_Cloud&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: History of observation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cloaked_in_red.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Cloaked_in_red.jpg/260px-Cloaked_in_red.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Cloaked_in_red.jpg/390px-Cloaked_in_red.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Cloaked_in_red.jpg/520px-Cloaked_in_red.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1502" data-file-height="739" /></a><figcaption>Small part of the Large Magellanic Cloud<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Both the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds have been easily visible for southern nighttime observers well back into prehistory. It has been claimed that the first known written mention of the Large Magellanic Cloud was by the <a href="/wiki/Astronomy_in_the_medieval_Islamic_world" title="Astronomy in the medieval Islamic world">Persian astronomer</a> '<a href="/wiki/Abd_al-Rahman_al-Sufi" title="Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi">Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi</a> Shirazi (later known in <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> as "Azophi"), which he referred to as <i>Al Bakr</i>, the White Ox, in his <i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Fixed_Stars" class="mw-redirect" title="Book of Fixed Stars">Book of Fixed Stars</a></i> around 964 AD.<sup id="cite_ref-obspm_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obspm-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-obspm2_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obspm2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, this seems to be a misunderstanding of a reference to some stars south of <a href="/wiki/Canopus" title="Canopus">Canopus</a> which he admits he has not seen.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ridpath_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ridpath-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first confirmed recorded observation was in 1503–1504 by <a href="/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci" title="Amerigo Vespucci">Amerigo Vespucci</a> in a letter about his third voyage. He mentioned "three Canopes&#32;&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>&#93;, two bright and one obscure"; "bright" refers to the two <a href="/wiki/Magellanic_Clouds" title="Magellanic Clouds">Magellanic Clouds</a>, and "obscure" refers to the <a href="/wiki/Coalsack" class="mw-redirect" title="Coalsack">Coalsack</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-obspm3_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obspm3-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dorado_IAU.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Dorado_IAU.svg/220px-Dorado_IAU.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Dorado_IAU.svg/330px-Dorado_IAU.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Dorado_IAU.svg/440px-Dorado_IAU.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="609" data-file-height="566" /></a><figcaption>Constellation of <a href="/wiki/Dorado" title="Dorado">Dorado</a>: the LMC is the green circle at the south (bottom) of picture</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan" title="Ferdinand Magellan">Ferdinand Magellan</a> sighted the LMC on his voyage in 1519 and his writings brought it into common <a href="/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world">Western</a> knowledge. The galaxy now bears his name.<sup id="cite_ref-obspm2_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obspm2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The galaxy and southern end of Dorado are in the current epoch at opposition on about 5&#160;December when thus visible from sunset to sunrise from equatorial points such as Ecuador, the Congos, Uganda, Kenya and Indonesia and for part of the night in nearby months. Above about <a href="/wiki/28th_parallel_south" title="28th parallel south">28° south</a>, such as most of Australia and South Africa, the galaxy is always sufficiently above the horizon to be considered properly <a href="/wiki/Circumpolar_star" title="Circumpolar star">circumpolar</a>, thus during spring and autumn the cloud is also visible much of the night, and the height of winter in June nearly coincides with closest proximity to the Sun's apparent position. </p><p>Measurements with the <a href="/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope" title="Hubble Space Telescope">Hubble Space Telescope</a>, announced in 2006, suggest the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds may be moving too quickly to be orbiting the <a href="/wiki/Milky_Way" title="Milky Way">Milky Way</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Astronomers discovered a new black hole inside the Large Magellanic Cloud in November 2021 using the <a href="/wiki/Very_Large_Telescope" title="Very Large Telescope">European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a>. Astronomers claim its gravity is influenced by a nearby star, which is about five times the mass of the Sun.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="Needs a citation to the source paper (August 2023)">better&#160;source&#160;needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geometry">Geometry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Large_Magellanic_Cloud&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Geometry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Large_Magellanic_Cloud_revealed_by_VISTA.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/The_Large_Magellanic_Cloud_revealed_by_VISTA.jpg/220px-The_Large_Magellanic_Cloud_revealed_by_VISTA.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="246" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/The_Large_Magellanic_Cloud_revealed_by_VISTA.jpg/330px-The_Large_Magellanic_Cloud_revealed_by_VISTA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/The_Large_Magellanic_Cloud_revealed_by_VISTA.jpg/440px-The_Large_Magellanic_Cloud_revealed_by_VISTA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="28638" data-file-height="31985" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/European_Southern_Observatory" title="European Southern Observatory">ESO</a>'s <a href="/wiki/VISTA_(telescope)" title="VISTA (telescope)">VISTA</a> image of the LMC</figcaption></figure> <p>The Large Magellanic Cloud has a prominent central bar and <a href="/wiki/Spiral_arm" title="Spiral arm">spiral arm</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Nicolson_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nicolson-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The central bar seems to be warped so that the east and west ends are nearer the Milky Way than the middle.<sup id="cite_ref-Subramaniam_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Subramaniam-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2014, measurements from the Hubble Space Telescope made it possible to determine a rotation period of 250 million years.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The LMC was long considered to be a planar galaxy that could be assumed to lie at a single distance from the Solar System. However, in 1986, Caldwell and Coulson<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> found that field <a href="/wiki/Cepheid_variable" title="Cepheid variable">Cepheid variables</a> in the northeast lie closer to the Milky Way than those in the southwest. From 2001 to 2002 this inclined geometry was confirmed by the same means,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> by core helium-burning red clump stars,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and by the tip of the red giant branch.<sup id="cite_ref-Marel2001_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marel2001-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> All three papers find an inclination of <abbr title="about">~</abbr>35°, where a face-on galaxy has an inclination of 0°. Further work on the structure of the LMC using the kinematics of carbon stars showed that the LMC's disk is both thick<sup id="cite_ref-Marel2001_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marel2001-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and flared,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ripepi_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ripepi-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> likely due to interactions with the SMC.<sup id="cite_ref-Ripepi_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ripepi-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Regarding the distribution of <a href="/wiki/Star_clusters" class="mw-redirect" title="Star clusters">star clusters</a> in the LMC, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Schommer" title="Robert Schommer">Schommer</a> et al.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> measured velocities for <abbr title="about">~</abbr>80 clusters and found that the LMC's cluster system has kinematics consistent with the clusters moving in a disk-like distribution. These results were confirmed by Grocholski et al.,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> who calculated distances to a sample of clusters and showed that the cluster system is distributed in the same plane as the field stars. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distance">Distance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Large_Magellanic_Cloud&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Distance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Satellite_Galaxies.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Satellite_Galaxies.svg/260px-Satellite_Galaxies.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Satellite_Galaxies.svg/390px-Satellite_Galaxies.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Satellite_Galaxies.svg/520px-Satellite_Galaxies.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Location of the Large Magellanic Cloud with respect to the <a href="/wiki/Milky_Way" title="Milky Way">Milky Way</a> and other satellite galaxies</figcaption></figure> <p>Distance to the LMC has been calculated using <a href="/wiki/Standard_candle" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard candle">standard candles</a>; <a href="/wiki/Cepheid_variable" title="Cepheid variable">Cepheid variables</a> are one of the most popular. These have been shown to have a relationship between their absolute luminosity and the period over which their brightness varies. However the variable of metallicity may also need to be taken as a component of this as consensus is this likely affects their <a href="/wiki/Period-luminosity_relation" title="Period-luminosity relation">period-luminosity relations</a>. Unfortunately, those in the Milky Way typically used to calibrate the relation are more metal-rich than those found in the LMC.<sup id="cite_ref-mottini2006_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mottini2006-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Modern <a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_optical_reflecting_telescopes" title="List of largest optical reflecting telescopes">8-meter-class optical telescopes</a> have discovered <a href="/wiki/Eclipsing_binaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Eclipsing binaries">eclipsing binaries</a> throughout the <a href="/wiki/Local_Group" title="Local Group">Local Group</a>. Parameters of these systems can be measured without mass or compositional assumptions. The <a href="/wiki/Light_echo" title="Light echo">light echoes</a> of <a href="/wiki/Supernova_1987A" class="mw-redirect" title="Supernova 1987A">supernova 1987A</a> are also geometric measurements, without any stellar models or assumptions.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>In 2006, the Cepheid absolute luminosity was re-calibrated using Cepheid variables in the galaxy <a href="/wiki/Messier_106" title="Messier 106">Messier 106</a> that cover a range of metallicities.<sup id="cite_ref-Macrietal2006_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Macrietal2006-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Using this improved calibration, they find an absolute <a href="/wiki/Distance_modulus" title="Distance modulus">distance modulus</a> of <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle (m-M)_{0}=18.41}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>m</mi> <mo>&#x2212;<!-- − --></mo> <mi>M</mi> <msub> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>0</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mn>18.41</mn> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle (m-M)_{0}=18.41}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/a8135a7eb48436523d7a184929da11b99fb2cb4c" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:18.582ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle (m-M)_{0}=18.41}"></span>, or 48&#160;kpc (160,000 light-years). This distance has been confirmed by other authors.<sup id="cite_ref-freedman2010_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-freedman2010-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-majaess2010_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-majaess2010-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>By cross-correlating different measurement methods, one can bound the distance; the residual errors are now less than the estimated size parameters of the LMC. </p><p>The results of a study using late-type eclipsing binaries to determine the distance more accurately was published in the scientific journal <i><a href="/wiki/Nature_(journal)" title="Nature (journal)">Nature</a></i> in March 2013. A distance of 49.97&#160;kpc (163,000 light-years) with an accuracy of 2.2% was obtained.<sup id="cite_ref-Nature_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nature-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Large_Magellanic_Cloud&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Two_very_different_glowing_gas_clouds_in_the_Large_Magellanic_Cloud.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Two_very_different_glowing_gas_clouds_in_the_Large_Magellanic_Cloud.jpg/220px-Two_very_different_glowing_gas_clouds_in_the_Large_Magellanic_Cloud.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Two_very_different_glowing_gas_clouds_in_the_Large_Magellanic_Cloud.jpg/330px-Two_very_different_glowing_gas_clouds_in_the_Large_Magellanic_Cloud.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Two_very_different_glowing_gas_clouds_in_the_Large_Magellanic_Cloud.jpg/440px-Two_very_different_glowing_gas_clouds_in_the_Large_Magellanic_Cloud.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3418" data-file-height="3418" /></a><figcaption>Two very different glowing gas clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud, <a href="/wiki/NGC_2014" title="NGC 2014">NGC 2014</a> (red) and <a href="/wiki/NGC_2020" title="NGC 2020">NGC 2020</a> (blue)<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>Like many <a href="/wiki/Irregular_galaxies" class="mw-redirect" title="Irregular galaxies">irregular galaxies</a>, the LMC is rich in gas and dust, and is currently undergoing vigorous <a href="/wiki/Star_formation" title="Star formation">star formation</a> activity.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It holds the <a href="/wiki/Tarantula_Nebula" title="Tarantula Nebula">Tarantula Nebula</a>, the most active star-forming region in the Local Group. </p><p>The LMC has a wide range of galactic objects and phenomena that make it known as an "astronomical treasure-house, a great celestial laboratory for the study of the growth and evolution of the stars", per <a href="/wiki/Robert_Burnham_Jr." title="Robert Burnham Jr.">Robert Burnham Jr.</a><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Surveys of the galaxy have found roughly 60 <a href="/wiki/Globular_cluster" title="Globular cluster">globular clusters</a>, 400 <a href="/wiki/Planetary_nebula" title="Planetary nebula">planetary nebulae</a> and 700 <a href="/wiki/Open_cluster" title="Open cluster">open clusters</a>, along with hundreds of thousands of <a href="/wiki/Giant_star" title="Giant star">giant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Supergiant" title="Supergiant">supergiant</a> stars.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/SN_1987A" title="SN 1987A">Supernova 1987A</a>—the nearest <a href="/wiki/Supernova" title="Supernova">supernova</a> in recent years—was in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Lionel-Murphy SNR (N86) <a href="/wiki/Nitrogen" title="Nitrogen">nitrogen</a>-abundant <a href="/wiki/Supernova_remnant" title="Supernova remnant">supernova remnant</a> was named by <a href="/wiki/Astronomer" title="Astronomer">astronomers</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Australian_National_University" title="Australian National University">Australian National University</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Mount_Stromlo_Observatory" title="Mount Stromlo Observatory">Mount Stromlo Observatory</a>, acknowledging <a href="/wiki/Australian_High_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian High Court">Australian High Court</a> Justice <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Murphy" title="Lionel Murphy">Lionel Murphy</a>'s interest in science and its perceived resemblance to his large nose.<sup id="cite_ref-DopitaMathewson1977_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DopitaMathewson1977-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_youthful_cluster.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/A_youthful_cluster.jpg/220px-A_youthful_cluster.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/A_youthful_cluster.jpg/330px-A_youthful_cluster.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/A_youthful_cluster.jpg/440px-A_youthful_cluster.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3934" data-file-height="2315" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/NGC_1783" title="NGC 1783">NGC 1783</a> is one of the biggest <a href="/wiki/Globular_cluster" title="Globular cluster">globular clusters</a> in the Large Magellanic Cloud<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Magellanic_Bridge" title="Magellanic Bridge">bridge of gas</a> connects the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) with the LMC, which evinces tidal interaction between the galaxies.<sup id="cite_ref-Mathewson_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mathewson-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Magellanic Clouds have a common envelope of neutral hydrogen, indicating that they have been gravitationally bound for a long time. This bridge of gas is a star-forming site.<sup id="cite_ref-Heydari_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Heydari-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="X-ray_sources">X-ray sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Large_Magellanic_Cloud&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: X-ray sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_Starry_Combination.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/A_Starry_Combination.jpg/220px-A_Starry_Combination.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/A_Starry_Combination.jpg/330px-A_Starry_Combination.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/A_Starry_Combination.jpg/440px-A_Starry_Combination.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4703" data-file-height="2909" /></a><figcaption>Small and Large Magellanic Clouds over <a href="/wiki/Paranal_Observatory" title="Paranal Observatory">Paranal Observatory</a></figcaption></figure> <p>No X-rays above background were detected from either cloud during the September 20, 1966, <a href="/wiki/Nike-Tomahawk" class="mw-redirect" title="Nike-Tomahawk">Nike-Tomahawk</a> rocket flight nor that of two days later.<sup id="cite_ref-Chodil_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chodil-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The second took off from <a href="/wiki/Johnston_Atoll" title="Johnston Atoll">Johnston Atoll</a> at 17:13 UTC and reached an apogee of 160&#160;km (99&#160;mi), with spin-stabilization at 5.6 rps.<sup id="cite_ref-Seward_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seward-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The LMC was not detected in the X-ray range 8–80 keV.<sup id="cite_ref-Seward_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Seward-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another was launched from same atoll at 11:32 UTC on October 29, 1968, to scan the LMC for X-rays.<sup id="cite_ref-Mark_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mark-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The first discrete X-ray source in <a href="/wiki/Dorado_(constellation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorado (constellation)">Dorado</a> was at <a href="/wiki/Right_ascension" title="Right ascension">RA</a> <span class="nowrap">05<sup>h</sup> 20<sup>m</sup> </span> <a href="/wiki/Declination" title="Declination">Dec</a> −69&#176;,<sup id="cite_ref-Mark_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mark-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Lewin_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lewin-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and it was the Large Magellanic Cloud.<sup id="cite_ref-Dolan_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dolan-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This X-ray source extended over about 12° and is consistent with the Cloud. Its emission rate between 1.5–10.5 keV for a distance of 50 kpc is <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7038399999999999999♠"></span>4<span style="margin-left:0.25em;margin-right:0.15em;">×</span>10<sup>38</sup>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Ergs" class="mw-redirect" title="Ergs">ergs</a></span>/s.<sup id="cite_ref-Mark_46-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mark-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> An <a href="/wiki/X-ray_astronomy" title="X-ray astronomy">X-ray astronomy</a> instrument was carried aboard a <a href="/wiki/Thor_(rocket_family)" title="Thor (rocket family)">Thor missile</a> launched from the same atoll on September 24, 1970, at 12:54 UTC and altitudes above 300&#160;km (190&#160;mi), to search for the <a href="/wiki/Small_Magellanic_Cloud" title="Small Magellanic Cloud">Small Magellanic Cloud</a> and to extend observation of the LMC.<sup id="cite_ref-PriceThor_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PriceThor-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The source in the LMC appeared extended and contained star <a href="/wiki/Epsilon_Doradus" title="Epsilon Doradus">ε Dor</a>. The X-ray luminosity (L<sub>x</sub>) over the range 1.5–12 keV was <span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7031600000000000000♠"></span>6<span style="margin-left:0.25em;margin-right:0.15em;">×</span>10<sup>31</sup>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Watt" title="Watt">W</a></span> (<span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7031600000000000000♠"></span>6<span style="margin-left:0.25em;margin-right:0.15em;">×</span>10<sup>38</sup>&#160;erg/s</span>).<sup id="cite_ref-PriceThor_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PriceThor-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) appears in the constellations <a href="/wiki/Mensa_(constellation)" title="Mensa (constellation)">Mensa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dorado" title="Dorado">Dorado</a>. LMC X-1 (the first X-ray source in the LMC) is at <a href="/wiki/Right_ascension" title="Right ascension">RA</a> <span class="nowrap">05<sup>h</sup> 40<sup>m</sup> 05<sup>s</sup></span> <a href="/wiki/Declination" title="Declination">Dec</a> −69&#176;&#160;45&#8242;&#160;51&#8243;, and is a high-mass X-ray binary (star system) source (<a href="/wiki/HMXB" class="mw-redirect" title="HMXB">HMXB</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Rapley_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rapley-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Of the first five luminous LMC X-ray binaries: LMC X-1, X-2, X-3, X-4 and A 0538–66 (detected by <a href="/wiki/Ariel_5" title="Ariel 5">Ariel 5</a> at A 0538–66), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Large_Magellanic_Cloud_X-2&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Large Magellanic Cloud X-2 (page does not exist)">LMC X-2</a> is the one that is a bright low-mass X-ray binary system (<a href="/wiki/LMXB" class="mw-redirect" title="LMXB">LMXB</a>) in the LMC.<sup id="cite_ref-Bonnet_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bonnet-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>DEM L316 in the Cloud consists of two supernova remnants.<sup id="cite_ref-Williams_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williams-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Chandra_X-ray_Observatory" title="Chandra X-ray Observatory">Chandra</a> X-ray spectra show that the hot gas shell on the upper left has an abundance of iron. This implies that the upper-left <a href="/wiki/Supernova_remnant" title="Supernova remnant">SNR</a> is the product of a <a href="/wiki/Type_Ia_supernova" title="Type Ia supernova">Type Ia supernova</a>; much lower such abundance in the lower remnant belies a <a href="/wiki/Type_II_supernova" title="Type II supernova">Type II supernova</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Williams_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Williams-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 16 ms X-ray pulsar is associated with SNR 0538-69.1.<sup id="cite_ref-MarshallGotthelf1998_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MarshallGotthelf1998-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> SNR 0540-697 was resolved using <a href="/wiki/ROSAT" title="ROSAT">ROSAT</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ChuKennicutt1997_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ChuKennicutt1997-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Large_Magellanic_Cloud&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 285px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 280px; height: 280px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Deepest,_widest_view_of_the_Large_Magellanic_Cloud_from_SMASH.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Part of the SMASH dataset showing a wide-angle view of the Large Magellanic Cloud[55]"><img alt="Part of the SMASH dataset showing a wide-angle view of the Large Magellanic Cloud[55]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Deepest%2C_widest_view_of_the_Large_Magellanic_Cloud_from_SMASH.jpg/250px-Deepest%2C_widest_view_of_the_Large_Magellanic_Cloud_from_SMASH.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Deepest%2C_widest_view_of_the_Large_Magellanic_Cloud_from_SMASH.jpg/375px-Deepest%2C_widest_view_of_the_Large_Magellanic_Cloud_from_SMASH.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Deepest%2C_widest_view_of_the_Large_Magellanic_Cloud_from_SMASH.jpg/500px-Deepest%2C_widest_view_of_the_Large_Magellanic_Cloud_from_SMASH.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6737" data-file-height="6536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Part of the SMASH dataset showing a wide-angle view of the Large Magellanic Cloud<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 285px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 280px; height: 280px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Large_Magellanic_Cloud.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Large Magellanic Cloud as photographed by an amateur astronomer. Unrelated stars have been edited out."><img alt="Large Magellanic Cloud as photographed by an amateur astronomer. Unrelated stars have been edited out." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Large_Magellanic_Cloud.png/250px-Large_Magellanic_Cloud.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Large_Magellanic_Cloud.png/375px-Large_Magellanic_Cloud.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Large_Magellanic_Cloud.png/500px-Large_Magellanic_Cloud.png 2x" data-file-width="1173" data-file-height="1173" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Large Magellanic Cloud as photographed by an amateur astronomer. Unrelated stars have been edited out.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 285px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 280px; height: 280px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Large_Magellanic_Cloud_rendered_from_Gaia_EDR3.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Large Magellanic Cloud rendered from Gaia EDR3"><img alt="Large Magellanic Cloud rendered from Gaia EDR3" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Large_Magellanic_Cloud_rendered_from_Gaia_EDR3.png/250px-Large_Magellanic_Cloud_rendered_from_Gaia_EDR3.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Large_Magellanic_Cloud_rendered_from_Gaia_EDR3.png/375px-Large_Magellanic_Cloud_rendered_from_Gaia_EDR3.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Large_Magellanic_Cloud_rendered_from_Gaia_EDR3.png/500px-Large_Magellanic_Cloud_rendered_from_Gaia_EDR3.png 2x" data-file-width="8000" data-file-height="8000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Large Magellanic Cloud rendered from Gaia EDR3</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 285px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 280px; height: 280px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Large_Magellanic_Cloud_rendered_from_Gaia_EDR3_without_foreground_stars.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Large Magellanic Cloud rendered from Gaia EDR3 without foreground stars"><img alt="Large Magellanic Cloud rendered from Gaia EDR3 without foreground stars" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Large_Magellanic_Cloud_rendered_from_Gaia_EDR3_without_foreground_stars.png/250px-Large_Magellanic_Cloud_rendered_from_Gaia_EDR3_without_foreground_stars.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Large_Magellanic_Cloud_rendered_from_Gaia_EDR3_without_foreground_stars.png/375px-Large_Magellanic_Cloud_rendered_from_Gaia_EDR3_without_foreground_stars.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Large_Magellanic_Cloud_rendered_from_Gaia_EDR3_without_foreground_stars.png/500px-Large_Magellanic_Cloud_rendered_from_Gaia_EDR3_without_foreground_stars.png 2x" data-file-width="8000" data-file-height="8000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Large Magellanic Cloud rendered from Gaia EDR3 without foreground stars</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 285px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 280px; height: 280px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Revisiting_a_Celestial_Fireworks_Display_(potw2248a).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Revisiting a Celestial Fireworks Display Shreds, from the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. The delicate sheets and intricate filaments are debris from the cataclysmic death of a massive star that once lived in the LMC.[56]"><img alt="Revisiting a Celestial Fireworks Display Shreds, from the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. The delicate sheets and intricate filaments are debris from the cataclysmic death of a massive star that once lived in the LMC.[56]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Revisiting_a_Celestial_Fireworks_Display_%28potw2248a%29.jpg/250px-Revisiting_a_Celestial_Fireworks_Display_%28potw2248a%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Revisiting_a_Celestial_Fireworks_Display_%28potw2248a%29.jpg/375px-Revisiting_a_Celestial_Fireworks_Display_%28potw2248a%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Revisiting_a_Celestial_Fireworks_Display_%28potw2248a%29.jpg/500px-Revisiting_a_Celestial_Fireworks_Display_%28potw2248a%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1896" data-file-height="1830" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Revisiting a Celestial Fireworks Display Shreds, from the <a href="/wiki/Wide_Field_Planetary_Camera_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Wide Field Planetary Camera 2">Wide Field Planetary Camera 2</a>. The delicate sheets and intricate filaments are debris from the cataclysmic death of a massive star that once lived in the LMC.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 285px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 280px; height: 280px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_long-dead_star_DEM_L316A.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="DEM L316A is located some 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud[57]"><img alt="DEM L316A is located some 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud[57]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/A_long-dead_star_DEM_L316A.jpg/250px-A_long-dead_star_DEM_L316A.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/A_long-dead_star_DEM_L316A.jpg/375px-A_long-dead_star_DEM_L316A.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/A_long-dead_star_DEM_L316A.jpg/500px-A_long-dead_star_DEM_L316A.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1207" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/w/index.php?title=DEM_L316A&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="DEM L316A (page does not exist)">DEM L316A</a> is located some 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Large_Magellanic_Cloud&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span 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