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Jamie Carter

Space photo of the week: Astronaut spots 2 nearby galaxies from SpaceX capsule

A view through a porthole in a spaceship showing the two Magellanic clouds in outer space.

What it is: The Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud, two dwarf satellite galaxies of the Milky Way

Where it is: 160,000 light-years away, in the constellations Dorado and Mensa (for the Large Magellanic Cloud) and 200,000 light-years away, in the constellations Tucana and Hydrus (for the Small Magellanic Cloud)

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