Magellanic Cloud Comparison Table

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Magellanic Cloud comparison table

Subject has declination has right ascension has distance from galaxy center has acronym has diameter has mass has magnitude has image has definition

Large Magellanic Cloud -69d45m22s 05h23m34.5s 50 kpc LMC 645 × 550 arcminutes 10 billion solar masses 0.9 The nearest and largest of the many galaxies that orbit the Milky Way. It is 160000 light-years away.

Small Magellanic Cloud -72d49m43s 00h52m44.8s 60 kpc SMC 320 × 185 arcminutes 1 billion solar masses 2.7 The second largest, and the second nearest, of the galaxies that orbit the Milky Way. It lies in the southern sky, 190000 light-years away.

Subject	has declination	has right ascension	has distance from galaxy center	has acronym	has diameter	has mass	has magnitude	has image	has definition
Large Magellanic Cloud	-69d45m22s	05h23m34.5s	50 kpc	LMC	645 × 550 arcminutes	10 billion solar masses	0.9		The nearest and largest of the many galaxies that orbit the Milky Way. It is 160000 light-years away.
Small Magellanic Cloud	-72d49m43s	00h52m44.8s	60 kpc	SMC	320 × 185 arcminutes	1 billion solar masses	2.7		The second largest, and the second nearest, of the galaxies that orbit the Milky Way. It lies in the southern sky, 190000 light-years away.

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