The Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy and a galactic neighbor of the Milky Way. Even though it is a small, it is so bright that it is visible to the unaided eye from the Southern Hemisphere and near the equator. Many navigators, including Ferdinand Magellan who lends his name to the Cloud, used it to help find their way across the oceans. Cleaned and retouched image, original by NASA/European Space Agency/Chandra X-ray Observatory/University of Potsdam/Jet Propulsion Laboratory-Caltech/Space Telescope Science Institute