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- proper noun astronomy An irregular
galaxy , the largest satellite ofMilky Way .
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And an unpublished study of the core of the same star-forming region, located in a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way called the Large Magellanic Cloud, concludes that there may be really huge stars, some tipping the scales at twice the mass previously thought possible in today's universe, lurking in nearby reaches of the cosmos.
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Two of the most notable features of the Large Magellanic Cloud are the Tarantula Nebula and the supernova remnant known as Lionel-Murphy SNR.
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Two of the most notable features of the Large Magellanic Cloud are the Tarantula Nebula and the supernova remnant known as Lionel-Murphy SNR.
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The supernova is 169,000 light years away, and lies in the dwarf galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud, which can be seen from the southern hemisphere.
Kevin Smith 2008
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The Large Magellanic Cloud is a companion galaxy of the Milky Way located at a distance of about 160 000 light-years from us.
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The Large Magellanic Cloud is a companion galaxy of the Milky Way located at a distance of about 160 000 light-years from us.
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dwarf galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud, which neighbors our own Milky Way.
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powerful stellar explosion, or supernova, in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is a small galaxy about 160,000 light-years away from Earth.
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Additionally, the source was located 180,000 light years from Earth, in the Large Magellanic Cloud, meaning that the total amount of energy released was truly staggering, since we only observed a small portion of it.
Scientific Blogging 2009
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The first group of stars, NGC 3603, lies about 22,000 light-years away, while stars in the RMC136a cluster are in a neighbouring galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Most massive star on record found in neighbouring galaxy 2010
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