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Small Magellanic Cloud (DSS2)


Date: 18 April 2006
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: Small Magellanic Cloud, SMC
Copyright: ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin

This two-colour image shows an overview of the full Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and was composed from two images from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The field of view is slightly larger than 3.5°.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
16-Jun-2026 12:40 UT

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