1. The Small Magellanic Cloud isn't much to look at with the naked eye, even for visitors to the International Space Station.

2. The Small Magellanic Cloud holds some three billion stars, and the Large Cloud perhaps 30 billion.

3. Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant, lies 5 million year young star cluster NGC 602.

4. Aninfrared portrait of the Small Magellanic Cloud, taken by NASA'sSpitzer Space Telescope.

5. N44F lies in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the closest galaxies to our own Milky Way.

6. Unfortunately , the large magellanic cloud is near the south celestial pole and is not visible in hong kong.

7. At the distance of the Small Magellanic Cloud , this field of view spans about 150 light - years .

8. The Small Magellanic Cloud, and its companion galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud, are the two galaxies where this type of study is possible.

9. Lying just 160,000 light-years from Earth, the Large Magellanic Cloud is by far the brightest of the two dozen or so galaxies orbiting the Milky Way.

10. The two bright spots outside the ring are stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

11. The supernova is located 163[Sentence dictionary],000 light - years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

12. The largest, most violent star forming region known in the whole Local Group of galaxies lies in our neighboring galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).

13. Pictured above, a large stone statue appears to ponder the distant Large Magellanic Cloud before a cloudy sky that features the bright stars Canopus and Sirius.

14. Astronomers are especially keen to study star formation in the Small Magellanic Cloud, because its chemical composition is different from that of the Milky Way.

15. It was seen in 1987 amid vast billows of gas in the Tarantula Nebula within the Large Magellanic Cloud.

16. Explanation: A satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is an alluring sight in dark southern skies and the constellation Dorado.

17. Stars a hundred times more massive than the sun pierce the roiling haze of the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

18. Similar to the icon of a fictional ghost, NGC 2080 is actually a star forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way Galaxy.

19. This star is the youngest newcomer to this part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

20. As Olsen's team will report in a future issue of The Astrophysical Journal, the Large Magellanic Cloud probably stole 5% of its stars from its smaller sibling.

21. The image shows the main body of the Small Magellanic Cloud, which iscomprised of the "bar" and "wing" on the left and the "tail" extendingto the right.

22. A centuries-old supernova remnant, its rose-tinted shock wave blasting outward at more than 11 million miles an hour, hangs in the Large Magellanic Cloud like an iridescent holiday ornament.

23. A satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is a wonder of the southern sky, a mere 210,000 light-years distant in the constellation of the Toucan.

24. The prominent red knot on the right is 30 Doradus, or the Tarantula Nebula, a giant star -forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

25. Olsen says the stars share the motion of gas streams near the Large Magellanic Cloud, suggesting that the galaxy tore not only stars but also gas from its lesser neighbor.

26. One of the most active star-forming regions near Earth, N11 is part of a complex network of gas clouds and star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighboring galaxy.

27. The curiously-shaped dust structure occurs in our neighboring Large Magellanic Cloud, in a star forming region very near the expansive Tarantula Nebula.

28. On the right, just above Pulpit Rock, is the Milky Way's small neighboring galaxy the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC).

29. This new image taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope depicts bright, blue, newly formed stars that are blowing a cavity in the center of a star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud.

30. Identified as E0102-72, the supernova remnant lies about 190,000 light-years away in our neighboring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud.

31. The Tarantula lies 170, 000 light years from Earth within the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way galaxy.

32. The new observations not only tell us what elements are being recycled into the Large Magellanic Cloud, but how it changes its environment on human time scales.

33. At the estimated distance of the Small Magellanic Cloud, the picture spans about 200 light-years, but a tantalizing assortment of background galaxies are also visible in the sharp Hubble view .

34. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy orbiting our Milky Way galaxy, the region's spidery appearance is responsible for its popular name, the Tarantula nebula.

35. The prominent red knot on the left is 30 Doradus, or the Tarantula Nebula, a giant star -forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud.