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The Large Magellanic Cloud is an irregular galaxy that orbits the Milky Way as one of its satellite galaxies. It matters to astronomers because studying it helps us understand how galaxies interact and evolve, and it serves as a nearby laboratory for observing stellar processes and cosmic phenomena.
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- Instance of
- galaxy
- Part of
- Milky Way subgroup
- Has part
- Q88365157
- Named after
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Constellation
- Dorado
- Parent body
- Milky Way
- Distance from Earth
- 50.12
- Radius
- 2.1
- Mass
- 13000000000
- Image
- Large.mc.arp.750pix.jpg
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- Commons category
- Large Magellanic Cloud
- topic's main category
- Category:Large Magellanic Cloud
- catalog code
- 2FHL J0526.6-6825e
- redshift
- 0.00093
- galaxy morphological type
- SB(s)m
- apparent magnitude
- 0.4
- right ascension
- 80.89417
- declination
- -69.75611
- radial velocity
- 262.2
- epoch
- J2000.0
- discoverer or inventor
- Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
- time of discovery or invention
- 0964-00-00
- metallicity
- -0.55
- absolute magnitude
- -18.5
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 1.910
- declination component of proper motion
- 0.229
- short name
- VMO
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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