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The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two of the largest satellite dwarf galaxies of the Milky Way, and until 2003, thought to be our two nearest galactic neighbors. They are only visible within the tropics and the southern hemisphere. Within the tropics they are only visible part of the year and south of the tropics they are always visible at night. The bright star to the upper left of the Small Magellanic Cloud is not a single star but the globular cluster 47 Tucanae, a ball of stars that is almost too big to be a star cluster and yet too small to be a galaxy. The southern hemisphere has some of the best targets for astrophotographers. (JPOD 191) #photoaday #pictureaday #magellanicclouds #largemagellaniccloud #smallmagellaniccloud #47tucanae #southernsky
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The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two of the largest satellite dwarf galaxies of the Milky Way, and until 2003, thought to be our two nearest galactic neighbors. They are only visible within the tropics and the southern hemisphere. Within the tropics they are only visible part of the year and south of the tropics they are always visible at night. The bright star to the upper left of the Small Magellanic Cloud is not a single star but the globular cluster 47 Tucanae, a ball of stars that is almost too big to be a star cluster and yet too small to be a galaxy. The southern hemisphere has some of the best targets for astrophotographers. (JPOD 191) #photoaday #pictureaday #magellanicclouds #largemagellaniccloud #smallmagellaniccloud #47tucanae #southernsky