Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)
Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is an irregular galaxy spanning the constellations Dorado and Mensa. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 0.9 and its angular diameter is 645 x 550 arc-minutes. LMC lies at an estimated distance of 157,000 light years. The Equinox 2000 coordinates are 05h 23.6m, -69° 45´ which makes LMC a Southern Hemisphere object that is best seen during the winter.
The Small Magellanic Cloud and Large Magellanic Cloud are both dwarf galaxies that are gravitationally bound to the Milky Way Galaxy. To the naked eye, they appear like detached pieces of the Milky Way.
Technical Details
- Object: Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)
- Other Names: Nubecula Major
- Object Type: irregular galaxy
- Object Data: Apparent Magnitude = 0.9, Angular Size = 645 x 550 arc-minutes
- Object Position (Equinox 2000): 05h 23.6m, -69° 45´, Constellation = Dorado / Mensa
- Date/Time: 2011 Jun 03 at 00:02 UTC
- Location: Hotel Inca Utama, Huatajata, Lake Titicaca, BOLIVIA
- Mount: Celestron CG-5 GT
- Lens: Nikkor AF 300 f/2.8
- Camera: Canon EOS 550D (Rebel T2i)
- Field of View: 4.3° x 2.8° at 3.0 arc-sec/pixel (web version: 16.6 arc-sec/pixel)
- Exposure: 2 x (4 x 240s), f/2.8, IE800 (this image is a 2-panel mosaic)
- File Name: LMC-02w.jpg
- Processing (Adobe Camera Raw): Vignetting Correction, Noise Reduction, White Balance, Curves
- Processing (Photoshop CS5): Average Images, Curves
- Original Image Size: 3454 × 5179 pixels (17.9 MP); 11.5" x 17.3" @ 300 dpi
- Rights: Copyright 2012 by Fred Espenak. All Rights Reserved. See: Image Licensing.