Large Magellanic Cloud

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
LMC
Pronunciation
/lɑrʤ ˌmæʤəˈlænɪk klaʊd/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
NASA

Examples in Context

  1. This tiny, bleak and diamond-shaped constellation, not far on the sky from the Large Magellanic Cloud(LMC), is often overlooked.
  2. SN1987A is sited in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud(LMC), a dwarf galaxy adjacent to our own Milky Way Galaxy.
  3. The new observations not only tell us what elements are being recycled into the Large Magellanic Cloud(LMC), but how it changes its environment on human time scales.

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