Small Magellanic Cloud

Irregular Galaxy SMC (NGC 292, A0051), type SB(s)m pec, in Tucana

Small Magellanic Cloud

[SMC image]

RA:
00 : 51.7
Dec:
-73 : 14
Type:
SB(s)m pec
RV:
- 30 km/s
Distance:
210 kly
Apparent Dimension:
280 x 160 arc min
Diameter:
25 kly
Brightness:
2.3 mag vis
Abs. Mag:
Mass:
6000 million suns

Two conspicuous globulars of our own galaxy, the Milky Way, are visible in our image, lying in the forground much nearer to us than the galaxy: 47 Tucanae (NGC 104) is the bright one on the right and NGC 362 the smaller on the upper edge of the image.

Our image of the Large Magellanic Cloud was obtained by David Malin with the UK Schmidt Telescope and is copyrighted © Australian Astronomical Observatory / Royal Observatory Edinburgh.

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