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Large Magellanic Cloud (HaRGB), Leonel Padron
Large Magellanic Cloud (HaRGB)
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Large Magellanic Cloud (HaRGB)

Large Magellanic Cloud (HaRGB), Leonel Padron
Large Magellanic Cloud (HaRGB)
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Large Magellanic Cloud (HaRGB)

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A combination of narrowband (h-alpha) and broadband (RGB) to produced this HaRGB image of the Large Magellanic Cloud where strong HII regions can be easily seen in red.
Although this spiral galaxy is relatively small, it is the largest satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way at a distance of 200,000 light-years from Earth

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Large Magellanic Cloud (HaRGB), Leonel Padron