Celestial Objects
Small Magellanic Cloud
Dwarf Galaxy
Citation Formats
General Reference
APA Style
BibTeX
The Small Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf irregular galaxy near the Milky Way, containing several hundred million stars with a total mass of approximately 7 billion solar masses. At a distance of about 200,000 light-years, it is among the nearest intergalactic neighbours of the Milky Way and one of the most distant objects visible to the naked eye.
Facts
Orbital Distanceabout 200,000 light-years (203.7 kly) from the Milky Way 1 Sources
Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.
View At A Past Year
The atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.