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January 16, 1991 12:00 AM (EST)

News Release Number: STScI-1991-03

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Establishes Accurate New Distance Measurement To Neighboring Galaxy

An American Astronomical Society Meeting Release
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Establishes Accurate New Distance Measurement To Neighboring GalaxyGo to image download page

Recent observations of the remnants of Supernova 1987A, conducted with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have provided an unexpected bonus - an accurate determination of the absolute distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, located in the southern hemisphere.

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Credit: NASA and ESA

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