The Large Magellanic Cloud

Large Magellanic Cloud

Image copyright: Simon Fishley

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is one of two satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way which can be seen with the naked eye.  This image was captured as a single frame by Simon Fishley on 21 January 2014 at the SAAO observatory in Sutherland, using only an unguided DSLR camera.

Image by Simon Fishley.
Canon EOS 600d
50mm f/1.2
25 seconds
ISO 3200