Magellanic Clouds
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) are irregular galaxies in the the Milky Way's neighbourhood. Only visible in the Southern Hemisphere, seeing them and TUC 47 (the 2nd largest globular cluster, 16,700 light years away and 120 light years across, containing 1000s of stars). TUC 47 is just above the SMC.
What a fantastic sky in the Outback.
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Magellanic Clouds
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) are irregular galaxies in the the Milky Way's neighbourhood. Only visible in the Southern Hemisphere, seeing them and TUC 47 (the 2nd largest globular cluster, 16,700 light years away and 120 light years across, containing 1000s of stars). TUC 47 is just above the SMC.
What a fantastic sky in the Outback.
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Uploaded on December 16, 2012
Taken on November 6, 2012