Nino Panagia16 January 1991
Hubble observations of Supernova 1987A help determine the Large Magellanic Cloud's distance to about 169,000 light-years.
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Hubble observations of Supernova 1987A help determine the Large Magellanic Cloud's distance to about 169,000 light-years.
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