Highlights from VISTA's view of the Small Magellanic Cloud

These cutout images show a few of the highlights from a huge new infrared image of our neighbouring galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, that was taken with the VISTA telescope at ESO's Paranal Observatory. The lower-right panel shows the bright globular star cluster 47 Tucanae, which lies much closer to the Earth than the Small Magellanic Cloud.

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ESO/VISTA VMC

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Id:eso1714b
Type:Collage
Release date:3 May 2017, 12:00
Related releases:eso1714
Size:3540 x 3543 px

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