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The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), Tragoolchitr Jittasaiyapan
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC)
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The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC)

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The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is a dwarf irregular galaxy near the Milky Way.

SBIG STX-16803 CCD camera through a Takahashi FSQ-106 at 530 mm f/5 on a Astro-physics 900 GTO, total exposure 60 minutes. Taken on 9 April 2011 from Toora, Australia.

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The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), Tragoolchitr Jittasaiyapan