Dwarf galaxy
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A dwarf galaxy is a small galaxy composed of about 1,000 up to several billion stars, as compared to the Milky Way's 100–400 billion stars. The Large Magellanic Cloud, which closely orbits the Milky W
The Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way
Dwarf galaxies like NGC 5264 typically possess around a billion stars.
The Phoenix Dwarf Galaxy is a dwarf irregular galaxy, featuring younger stars in its inner regions and older ones at its outskirts.
UGC 11411 is a galaxy known as an irregular blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxy.
Large Magellanic Cloud
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The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy and satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. At a distance of around 50 kiloparsecs, the LMC is the second- or third-closest galaxy to the Milky Way, after the S
Dwarf galaxy
…A dwarf galaxy is a small galaxy composed of about 1,000 up to several billion stars, as compared to the Milky Way's 100–400 billion stars. The Large Magellanic Cloud, which closely orbits the Milky Way and contains over 30 billion stars, is sometimes classified as a dwarf galaxy; others consider it a full-fledged…
Small part of the Large Magellanic Cloud
ESO's VISTA image of the LMC
Two very different glowing gas clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud, NGC 2014 (red) and NGC 2020 (blue)
NGC 1783 is one of the biggest globular clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud.