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

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso1021d
Type:Collage
Publicatiedatum:1 juni 2010 16:00
Gerelateerde berichten:eso1021
Grootte:5000 x 4105 px

Over het object

Naam:Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC
Type:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Irregular
Afstand:180000 lichtjaren
Categorie:Galaxies

Image Formats

Grote JPEG
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