A satellite galaxy of our galaxy that lives "next door," only 169,000 light-years away. The LMC contains more than 30 million stars, and stretches more than 50,000 light-years from end to end, but is visible only from the Southern Hemisphere, 70 degrees south of the celestial equator. In 1987, astronomers detected a supernova in the LMC, called 1987A. The close proximity of 1987A gave astronomers a front-row seat to study supernova evolution and measure the distance to the LMC.

The Large Magellanic Cloud is an irregular galaxy in orbit around our own Milky Way galaxy. It is a large object, several degrees in size, and easily visible to the unaided eye from the Southern Hemisphere.

the larger of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere

an irregular galaxy that orbits the Milky Way Galaxy

this is a small galaxy that orbits our Milky Way galaxy. Along with the Small Magellenic Cloud, it is our closest neighbor

(LMC): A small galaxy, irregular in shape, about 50 kpc from the Milky Way.

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is an irregular-shaped galaxy in the Local Group. The irregular shape may be the result of a disturbance, perhaps a collision of two galaxies. The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is near the constellation Dorado, and is 163,000 light-years away.

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a dwarf galaxy that orbits our own galaxy, the Milky Way. It is at a distance of about fifty kiloparsecs (≈160,000 light-years). It has about 1/20 the diameter of our galaxy and 1/10 the number of stars (i.e. about 10^{10} stars).