Small Magellanic Cloud
The Small Magellanic Cloud is an irregular dwarf galaxy in the constellation Tucana, and is a satellite of our own Milky Way Galaxy. The SMC is visible to the naked eye from the southern hemisphere. CTIO Curtis Schmidt telescope photograph.
Credit:NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
About the Image
| Id: | noao-6051 |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | June 30, 2020, 9:34 p.m. |
| Size: | 2982 x 1946 px |
About the Object
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 0 41 2.47 |
| Position (Dec): | -72° 36' 17.35" |
| Field of view: | 164.07 x 108.82 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 5.7° right of vertical |
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