STScI | Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST) Portal

The Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes (MAST) Portal lets astronomers search space telescope data, spectra, images and publications. Missions include Hubble, Kepler, GALEX, IUE, FUSE and more with a focus on the optical, ultraviolet, and near-infrared parts of the spectrum.

The small and the large

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) are two dwarf irregular galaxies near our own Milky Way.

At between 150 and 200 thousand light years from Earth, these are two of the furthest objects visible with the naked eye, although these two images were taken with a wide field telescope in Chile.

The data was collected with the new T70 telescope at the itelescope facility in Chile and provided through their member's data feed.

Processing in APT and PixInsight.

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Large Magellanic Cloud

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. At a distance of 160,000 ly, it is one of our next galactic neighbors. The LMC is approx. 32,200 ly across, with 1% the mass of our own galaxy. Despite this, is the fourth-largest galaxy in the Local Group, after Andromeda, Milky Way and Triangulum galaxies.

LMC is host to hundreds of astronomical features with their own designations, including Tarantula Nebula, the brightest point in this image, featured center-left.

This wide field image spans over 10 degrees squared, by comparison the moon is only half a degree in diameter! The RGB data was collected with the new T70 telescope at the itelescope facility in Chile and provided through their member's data feed. Processing in APP and PixInsight.

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