This object is the prototype for the SBm ("S B M") class introduced by de Vaucouleurs, and the prototype for luminous blue variables is its brightest star, S Doradus.
This object is the prototype for the SBm ("S B M") class introduced by de Vaucouleurs, and the prototype for luminous blue variables is its brightest star, S Doradus. Supernova 1987A occurred on the outskirts of its Tarantula Nebula, the most active star formation region in the Local Group. Its partner is home to the Cepheid variables used by Henrietta Leavitt to establish the period-luminosity relation. Currently thought to be second only to the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical in proximity to the Milky Way, FTP name this galaxy visible in the southern hemisphere along with its smaller apparent neighbor.
This object is the prototype for the SBm ("S B M") class introduced by de Vaucouleurs, and the prototype for luminous blue variables is its brightest star, S Doradus.
{Large Magellanic Cloud} or {LMC} (accept anything with Large, Cloud, and Magellan in it)