Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)

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Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)search for term: A satellite galaxy of our galaxy that lives "next door," only 169,000 light-years away. The LMC contains more than 30 million stars, and stretches more than 50,000 light-years from end to end, but is visible only from the Southern Hemisphere, 70 degrees south of the celestial equator. In 1987, astronomers detected a supernova in the LMC, called 1987A. The close proximity of 1987A gave astronomers a front-row seat to study supernova evolution and measure the distance to the LMC.