Large Magellanic Cloud
noun
: the larger of a small cluster of galaxies that is located 200,000 light-years away from the Milky Way and is visible within 25 degrees of the south celestial pole
The Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy to our own Milky Way, is known to be poor in metals compared with the Milky Way and other galaxies, so any star that condensed in it would likely be deficient in metals, and that could make it blue.—
Dietrick E. Thomsen
Dietrick E. Thomsencalled also Magellanic Cloud
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Those celestial bodies at center stage are the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud, a pair of dwarf galaxies.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
The outburst was a stellar explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud some 160,000 light-years away.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2024
These are called the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud.
—Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 2 Mar. 2024
It is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way galaxy that is almost 200,000 light-years away from Earth.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Jan. 2024
The region is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), which is a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2024
The space agency today released a picture taken by the space telescope of the Tarantula Nebula, which resides about 160,000 light years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud satellite galaxy.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 Sep. 2022
That’s what researchers believe happened to the binary star VFTS 243 in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 19 July 2022
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Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
The outburst was a stellar explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud some 160,000 light-years away.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2024
These are called the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud.
—Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 2 Mar. 2024
It is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way galaxy that is almost 200,000 light-years away from Earth.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Jan. 2024
The region is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), which is a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2024
The space agency today released a picture taken by the space telescope of the Tarantula Nebula, which resides about 160,000 light years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud satellite galaxy.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 Sep. 2022
That’s what researchers believe happened to the binary star VFTS 243 in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 19 July 2022
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“Large Magellanic Cloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Large%20Magellanic%20Cloud. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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