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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                 2023 September 7   
      
                            The Large Cloud of Magellan   
                     Image Credit & Copyright: Chris Willocks   
      
      Explanation: The 16th century Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan   
      and his crew had plenty of time to study the southern sky during the   
      first circumnavigation of planet Earth. As a result, two fuzzy   
      cloud-like objects easily visible to southern hemisphere skygazers are   
      known as the Clouds of Magellan, now understood to be satellite   
      galaxies of our much larger, spiral Milky Way galaxy. About 160,000   
      light-years distant in the constellation Dorado, the Large Magellanic   
      Cloud is seen in this sharp galaxy portrait. Spanning about 15,000   
      light-years or so, it is the most massive of the Milky Way's satellite   
      galaxies and is the home of the closest supernova in modern times, SN   
      1987A. The prominent patch above center is 30 Doradus, also known as   
      the magnificent Tarantula Nebula, a giant star-forming region about   
      1,000 light-years across.   
      
                      Tomorrow's picture: large star factory   
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