| 1 | Named after the famous Portuguese navigator and explorer Ferdinand Magellan, the impact crater is about 100 km across. | |
| 2 | SN 1987A was a supernova in the outskirts of the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf galaxy. | |
| 3 | N44F lies in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the closest galaxies to our own Milky Way. | |
| 4 | The Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds appear destined to see a lot more of one another in the eons ahead. | |
| 5 | Columbus, Magellan, and the other early sea explorers sailed in square-riggers. |