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Ground-Based view of the Large Magellanic Cloud
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Ground-Based view of the Large Magellanic Cloud
Depicts: The Large Magellanic Cloud Copyright: D. Malin, Anglo-Australian Observatory/Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, Scotland Show in archive: true
From ground-based telescopes, the glowing gaseous debris surrounding dying, sun-like stars in a nearby galaxy, called the Large Magellanic Cloud, appear as small, shapeless dots of light.