... Submitted by Al Takeda on 12/24/2012 23:40:10 . Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) . The larger of the 2 Magellanic Clouds, this dwarf galaxy spans an area of 650-minutes x 550-minutes (10-degrees) and is 160,000 light years away on the border of the constellations of Dorado and Mensa. ... The LMC was the host galaxy to supernova 1987A. 7 images x 27-second subframes, Total= 3 minutes 9-seconds. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...

... New York Times r ecorded, "A thin, lum i1925 Solar Eclipse (cont'd on Page 4) Pit Stops in Space: Off-World Filling Stations WHAT IF?? ... January 2015 WHAT'S UP IN THE SKY AAA Observers' January Guide By Tony Faddoul The Winter Hexagon's Bright Stars Most of us are familiar with the stars of the famous Winter Triangle ­ Betelgeuse, Sirius, and Procyon ­ but, there is another asterism of bright stars visible from December through March. ... Sources: earthsky.org; space.com. ...