... Credit Copyright: AURA / NOAO / NSF Explanation: The brightest galaxy visible from our own Milky Way Galaxy is the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Visible predominantly from Earth's Southern Hemisphere , the LMC is the second closest galaxy , neighbor to the Small Magellanic Cloud , and one of eleven known dwarf galaxies that orbit our Milky Way Galaxy. ... Publications with keywords: Local Group of Galaxies - irregular galaxy - LMC . ... Infrared Portrait of the Large Magellanic Cloud . ...