Large Magellanic Cloud

The Large Magellanic Cloud Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy, probably a satellite of the Milky Way, and the larger of the two Magellanic Clouds. Due to its relatively short distance of only 48 kpc (160,000 al), it is the closest galaxy to the Milky Way after the Canis Major (12.9 kpc (42,000 al)) and Sagittarius (16 kpc (52,000 al)), the latter located on the opposite side of the galactic center from the solar system.