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Other LMC
Other LMC — Large Magellanic Cloud
Galaxy
· DoradoIntermediate
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Target information
- Object type
- Galaxy
- Constellation
- Dorado
- Right ascension
- 5h 23m 35s
- Declination
- -69° 45′ 22″
- Magnitude
- 0.9
- Angular size
- 600′ × 550′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Best months
- Oct-Feb
- Catalog IDs
- LMC
About this target
Astrophotography framing size represents the main visible cloud; wide-field or mosaic target.