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The Large Magellanic Cloud

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The Large Magellanic Cloud

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The Large agellanic Cloud and surroundings.

The LMC and its apparent neighbor, the Small Magellanic Cloud, were certainly known to ancient southerners. But the first recorded mention of the Large Magellanic Cloud was by Persian astronomer Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, in 964 A.D. In his Book of Fixed Stars, he called it "Al Bakr", the "White Ox", and pointed out that while invisible from Northern Arabia and Baghdad, it could be seen from the Strait of Babd al Mandab (at 12° 15' north latitude).

Imaged from my backyard.
ASIAIR, HEQ5 Pro, Sharpstar 61EDPHII , ASI294MM, ZWO RGB filters.

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