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The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is an irregular dwarf galaxy located approximately 200,000 light-years from Earth. As a satellite of the Milky Way Galaxy, this celestial body is bright enough to be observed with the naked eye from the Southern Hemisphere. Along with the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), the SMC is one of the satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way and is part of the Local Group. Observational History and Discovery Although the SMC was first documented by the Western world during