either of two small galaxies orbiting the Milky Way; visible near the south celestial pole

lying just 160,000 light-years from earth, the large magellanic cloud is by far the brightest of the two dozen or so galaxies orbiting the milky way.

在环绕银河系旋转的二十几个星系中，大麦哲伦星云是最为明亮的，距地球仅为16万光年。

the large magellanic cloud is about 15, 000 light-years across.

大麦哲伦星云的直径大约为15000光年。

as olsen「s team will report in a future issue of the astrophysical journal, the large magellanic cloud probably stole 5% of its stars from its smaller sibling.

奥尔森的研究小组在将要出版的一期《天体物理学杂志》上报道说，大麦哲伦星云很可能从它较小的兄弟星云那里偷窃了5%的恒星。

the small magellanic cloud holds some three billion stars, and the large cloud perhaps 30 billion.

但小麦哲伦星云却大约拥有30亿颗恒星，而大麦哲伦云或许拥有300亿颗恒星。

the largest, most violent star forming region known in the whole local group of galaxies lies in our neighboring galaxy the large magellanic cloud (lmc).

整个本星系群中已知最大最猛烈的恒星形成区，在我们近邻星系大麦哲伦星系中。

i hadn」t expected anything like this at all." the velocities indicate that the stars don「t orbit the center of the large magellanic cloud in the same direction as their peers.

这种异常的速度表明，这些恒星并没有沿着跟其他同龄恒星相同的方向围绕大麦哲伦星云的中心旋转。

unfortunately , the large magellanic cloud is near the south celestial pole and is not visible in hong kong.

可惜的是，大麦哲伦云位于南天极附近，结果住在香港的市民无缘得见。

in our neighboring magellanic cloud galaxy, powerful stars blow a burning, nebulous breeze 160, 000 light-years into the cosmos.

大麦哲伦云星系是我们的邻居，距离地球16万光年。在这个星云内部，能量巨大的恒星将一股燃烧的「星云风」吹向宇宙。

a centuries-old supernova remnant, its rose-tinted shock wave blasting outward at more than 11 million miles an hour, hangs in the large magellanic cloud like an iridescent holiday ornament.

这是一个具有百年历史的超新星残留物，其玫瑰色沖击波沖出的气流为每小时超过一千一百万英里。它像一个彩虹色的节日装饰品悬挂在大麦哲伦星云里。

less than 20,000 light-years across, the small island universe is similar in size, and often compared to our milky way」s satellite galaxy, the large magellanic cloud (lmc).

例如ngc 4449，距离我们约1200万光年，宽度小于2万光年，其大小与银河系的卫星星系-大麦哲伦星系（lmc）相仿。

explanation: a satellite galaxy of our own milky way, the large magellanic cloud (lmc) is an alluring sight in dark southern skies and the constellation dorado.

解说：我们银河系中的伴星系——大麦哲伦星云（lmc）——是在黑暗的南天天穹中剑鱼座的一道迷人的风景。