Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Dorado (Dor)  ·  Contains:  Part of the constellation Dorado (Dor)  ·  Part of the constellation Hydrus (Hyi)  ·  Part of the constellation Pictor (Pic)  ·  The constellation Mensa (Men)  ·  The constellation Reticulum (Ret)  ·  The star αDor  ·  The star αPic  ·  The star αRet  ·  The star βDor  ·  The star βRet  ·  The star γHyi  ·  The star δDor  ·  The star δHyi  ·  The star εHyi  ·  The star εRet
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LMC - Large Magellanic Cloud and Magellanic Stream, Leonardo Ciuffolotti
LMC - Large Magellanic Cloud and Magellanic Stream
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LMC - Large Magellanic Cloud and Magellanic Stream

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LMC - Large Magellanic Cloud and Magellanic Stream, Leonardo Ciuffolotti
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LMC - Large Magellanic Cloud and Magellanic Stream

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I was very surprised by the presence in the frame of the dim light to the west of the galaxy, a search on the web made me realize that it was the brightest part of the Magellanic Stream, a gigantic formation of stars and gas connecting the two Magellanic Clouds and the Milky Way and which extends for over 600K light years.

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LMC - Large Magellanic Cloud and Magellanic Stream, Leonardo Ciuffolotti

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