Image:Magellanic Cloud.jpg

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Image
File history
File links

No higher resolution available.
Magellanic_Cloud.jpg‎ (516 × 387 pixels, file size: 63 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

A Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy. The Large Magellanic Cloud, located 160,000 light-years from Earth, is one of a handful of dwarf galaxies that orbit the Milky Way.[1]

[edit] Licensing

This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy)

Warnings:

Use of NASA logos, insignia and emblems are restricted per US law 14 CFR 1221.
The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet/Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not in the public domain.
Materials from the Hubble Space Telescope may be copyrighted if they do not explicitly come from the STScI. [2]
All materials created by the SOHO probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use. [3]
Images featured on the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) web site may be copyrighted. [4]

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	23:00, 28 September 2006	516×387 (63 KB)	SOADLuver (Talk \| contribs)	(A Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our own Milky Way galaxy. The Large Magellanic Cloud, located 160,000 light-years from Earth, is one of a handful of dwarf galaxies that orbit the Milky Way.)