Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Dorado (Dor)  ·  Contains:  30 Dor Cluster  ·  40 Sgr)  ·  NGC 1787  ·  NGC 2052  ·  NGC 2070  ·  Part of the constellation Dorado (Dor)  ·  Tarantula Nebula  ·  The constellation Mensa (Men)  ·  The star Namalsadirah II (τ Sgr  ·  The star α Men  ·  The star α Ret  ·  The star β Dor  ·  The star γ Men  ·  The star δ Dor  ·  The star ε Dor  ·  The star η2 Dor  ·  The star θ Dor  ·  The star ν Dor
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The Large Magellanic Cloud, or Nubecula Major, is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. At a distance of around 158,000 lightyears from Earth, the LMC is the second- or third-closest galaxy to the Milky Way, after the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal and the possible dwarf irregular galaxy known as the Canis Major Overdensity.

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Title: Large Magellanic Cloud (Reprocessed, BlurXTerminator)

Description: Reprocessed after some practice. Used BlurXTerminator, some different processes in Pixinsight

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