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This is a picture of the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope. The picture is mostly of gas clouds and dust, which prefers to gather around young stars (pictured as clouds with a red glow). The picture is actually a mosaic, taken with infrared light, and is 1,000 times sharper than any previous pictures taken of the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy. This galaxy is also a satellite to our own.