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Large Magellanic Cloud
LMC, Nubecula Major
The Large Magellanic Cloud is an 'attendant'
galaxy
to
our own
. It lies in the southern skies, astride the border between
Dorado
and
Mensa
, and contains the gigantic Tarantula
Nebula
.
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