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The Large Cloud of Magellan
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. It's about 160,000 light-years distant in the constellation Dorado. This image captures the cloud's structure, which is easily visible to observers in the Southern Hemisphere. Ferdinand Magellan's crew studied these two fuzzy objects during their circumnavigation of Earth, giving them their name.
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In tropical astrology, 19 DEC 2008 falls under Sagittarius (♐). The sign's window runs from 11-22 through 12-21. Sagittarius points straight at the center of the Milky Way, our galaxy's brightest region. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 19 DEC 2008.