The Large Magellanic Cloud is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. At a distance of around 50 kiloparsecs, the LMC is the second- or third-closest galaxy to the Milky Way, after the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal and the possible dwarf irregular galaxy known as the Canis Major Overdensity.

What constellation is the Small Magellanic Cloud?

The Small Magellanic Cloud is best viewed from Southern Hemisphere. It is located approximately 20 degrees from the South Celestial Pole, in the southeast corner of the constellation Tucana.

What type of galaxy is large Magellanic Cloud?

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a satellite dwarf galaxy of the Milky Way that is among the closest galaxies to Earth. At about 163,000 light-years from Earth, the dwarf galaxy looks like a faint cloud in Southern Hemisphere skies.