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Small Magellanic Cloud
astronomy
Also known as: Nubecular Minor, SMC
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- In Magellanic Cloud
…diameter, and the other, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), measures less than 2° across. The Magellanic Clouds are visible to the unaided eye in the Southern Hemisphere, but they cannot be observed from most northern latitudes. The LMC is about 160,000 light-years from Earth, and the SMC lies 190,000 light-years…
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