CEDIC team goes Chile - Part #1 Magellanic
Clouds
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The two Magellanic Clouds are irregular dwarf galaxies
visible from the southern hemisphere, which are members of our
Local Group and may be orbiting our Milky Way galaxy. The two
galaxies are: Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and Small Magellanic
Cloud (SMC). The LMC lies about 170,000 light years away, while
the SMC is around 200,000. |
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The most fascinating object inside the LMC is NGC 2070, the
Tarantula Nebula. This is a huge emission nebula with strong
emission in O[III]. This explains, why blue is a dominating
colour in our images. |
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The following images show the constellations near the
Magellanic Clouds. |
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