The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) wani galaxy ne da ke kusa da Milky Way a kudancin duniya. An rarraba shi azaman galaxy dwarf mara daidaituwa kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin taurari mafi kusa da namu, wanda yake kusan shekaru 160,000 haske nesa. An ba wa LMC suna ne bayan mai binciken ɗan ƙasar Portugal Ferdinand Magellan, wanda ya lura da shi a lokacin da yake kewaya duniya a ƙarni na 16.
