Deepest, widest view of the Small Magellanic Cloud from SMASH

Part of the SMASH dataset showing what is arguably the best wide-angle view of the Small Magellanic Cloud to date. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are the largest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way and, unlike the rest of the satellite galaxies, are still actively forming stars — and at a rapid pace.

Credit:

CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/SMASH/D. Nidever (Montana State University)
Acknowledgment: Image processing: Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin

About the Image

Id:noirlab2030b
Type:Observation
Release date:Dec. 1, 2020, 8 a.m.
Related releases:noirlab2030
Size:3827 x 3190 px

About the Object

Name:Small Magellanic Cloud
Constellation:Tucana
Category:Galaxies

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Coordinates

ObjectValue
Position (RA):0 54 38.83
Position (Dec):-72° 52' 7.66"
Field of view:318.69 x 265.64 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 30.1° left of vertical