Ferdinand
Magellan
The first
expedition to travel around the world was led by Ferdinand Magellan, the
Portuguese explorer died on April 27th 1521.
He saw two
nebulous objects in the sky these are of course today known as the Magellanic
Clouds, two nearby galaxies; although they had been known for thousands of
years and had had been reported by some European explorers. It is the observations made by Magellan that we use
today to name these galaxies.
The Large
Magellanic Cloud (LMC) about 160,000 light years away and the Small Magellanic
Cloud (SMC) about 190,000 light years away. Both galaxies are much smaller than
our Milky Way galaxy.
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