The right hand picture shows the part of the Large Magellanic Cloud containing Sanduleak -69o 202 (indicated by the arrow). The left hand picture shows the same part of the Large Magellanic Cloud about ten days after Supernova 1987A appeared. [Anglo-Australian Observatory, photograph by David Malin.]
Updated 19 November 2007
Davison E. Soper, Institute of Theoretical Science, University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403 USA