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The Magellanic Clouds, visible in the Southern Hemisphere, are the nearest external galaxies. Their brightest stars can be distinguished unambiguously with the spectroscope. A spectral survey of the 194 brightest known stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud has provided new information on the evolution of massive stars. Such short-lived supergiants should be seen close to their birthplace in the sky.
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THACKERAY, A. Magellanic Cloud Stars. Nature 214, 136–137 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/214136a0
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