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Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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SN 1987A
1987 supernova event in the constellation Dorado
SN 1987A was a Type II supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. It occurred approximately 51.4 kiloparsecs from Earth and was the closest observed supernova since Kepler's Supernova in 1604. Light and neutrinos from the explosion…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Large Magellanic Cloud
Satellite galaxy of the Milky Way
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a dwarf galaxy and satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. At a distance of around 50 kiloparsecs (163,000 light-years), the LMC is the second- or third-closest galaxy to the Milky Way, after the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal (c. 16 kiloparsecs…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)