... Submitted by Al Takeda on 12/24/2012 23:22:03 . Large and Small Magellanic Clouds . These are 2 irregular dwarf galaxies that are members of the local group and are currently companions to our Milky Way galaxy. ... The Large Magellanic Cloud is 160,000 light years away and The Small Magellanic Cloud (in the constellation Tucana) is 200,000 light years away. They are 75,000 light-years apart from each other. ... Copyright (c) Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston, Inc. ...