The Large Magellanic Cloud
This image shows the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way.
Credit:Anglo-Australian Observatory/Royal Observatory, Edinburgh and David Malin
About the Image
NASA press release
| Id: | opo9933i |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 29 September 1999, 07:00 |
| Size: | 800 x 647 px |
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 05240-6948, Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy |
| Category: | Galaxies |
