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Astronomy Fun Fact:

The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are small irregular galaxies which orbit our own Milky Way. The LMC is at 179,000 light years distance, while the SMC is 210,000 ly.

There is evidence that the SMC is actually two galaxies superimposed to appear as one.

1 posted on 11/09/2002 5:26:37 AM PST by petuniasevan
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