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Magellanic Clouds
two dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Magellanic Clouds are two irregular, dwarf galaxies.[1] They do not have a regular shape, and only have a few billion stars. The Magellanic Clouds can only be seen from the southern hemisphere. They orbit the Milky Way galaxy.[2] They, along with the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxy, are part of the Local Group of over 50 galaxies. The two clouds are known as the:
- Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)
- Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC)
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