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Small Magellanic Cloud
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), or Nubecula Minor, is a dwarf irregular satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
SMC has a diameter of about 7,000 light-years and has a total mass of approximately 7 billion solar masses.
The average apparent diameter is about 4.2° and thus covers an area of about 70 times the Moon's. The SMC forms a pair with the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC),
Its distance is 203,700 light-years (62.44kpc).
Composite data mosaic.
Small Magellanic Cloud
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), or Nubecula Minor, is a dwarf irregular satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
SMC has a diameter of about 7,000 light-years and has a total mass of approximately 7 billion solar masses.
The average apparent diameter is about 4.2° and thus covers an area of about 70 times the Moon's. The SMC forms a pair with the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC),
Its distance is 203,700 light-years (62.44kpc).
Composite data mosaic.