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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.   
      
                                  2024 October 2   
        An unusual looking galaxy is shown with a light bar running nearly   
       vertical and blue stars and red nebulas around the edges. Please see   
                  the explanation for more detailed information.   
      
                         The Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy   
        Image Credit & Copyright: Ireneusz Nowak; Text: Natalia Lewandowska   
                                   (SUNY Oswego)   
      
      Explanation: It is the largest satellite galaxy of our home Milky Way   
      Galaxy. If you live in the south, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is   
      quite noticeable, spanning about 10 degrees across the night sky, which   
      is 20 times larger than the full moon towards the southern   
      constellation of the dolphinfish (Dorado). Being only about 160,000   
      light years away, many details of the LMC's structure can be seen, such   
      as its central bar and its single spiral arm. The LMC harbors numerous   
      stellar nurseries where new stars are being born, which appear in pink   
      in the featured image. It is home to the Tarantula Nebula, the   
      currently most active star forming region in the entire Local Group, a   
      small collection of nearby galaxies dominated by the massive Andromeda   
      and Milky Way galaxies. Studies of the LMC and the Small Magellanic   
      Cloud (SMC) by Henrietta Swan Leavitt led to the discovery of the   
      period-luminosity relationship of Cepheid variable stars that are used   
      to measure distances across the nearby universe.   
      
                  Survey: Color Blindness and Astronomical Images   
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