Visible from the Southern Hemisphere are several galaxies nearest to the Milky Way. The Large Magellanic Cloud pictured here, is one of these galaxies. To the naked eye it appears as a small bright patch of light somewhat detached from the broad band of the Milky Way. It is actually a rather large galaxy, with a measured new distance of 180,000 light-years. The bright central bar is surrounded by a much fainter outer halo of stars. Imbedded within the galaxy are a multitude of clusters and red emission nebulae scattered throughout in this image.

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