6. The Large Magellanic Bully
(pic by NASA)
This formation is relatively close and the term relatively means cosmically!
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and its malnourished companion, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), are our nearest neighbors at distances of 160,000 and 200,000 light-years, respectively. The most prominent of the dwarf galaxies circling the Milky Way’s drain, they are visible unaided in the night sky of the southern hemisphere.
They did not expect to find a formation like this.
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