The Small Magellanic Cloud was one of the Milky Way Galaxy's satellite galaxies. It contained the star cluster NGC 602. The Small Magellanic Cloud was located in the constellation Tucana and Hydrus and was approximately 200,000 light years from Sol.
An image depicting the Small Magellanic Cloud was scanned by the Talosians as they reviewed the library computer files on board USS Enterprise in 2254. (TOS-R: "The Cage")
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Background information[]
According to Spaceflight Chronology, (pp. 115, 121) the extra galactic probe encountered by USS Greyhound had been sent by an unknown civilization from the Small Magellanic Cloud.
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Several novels, including The Final Fury, Taking Wing, and The Red King make reference to the Small Magellanic Cloud. In addition, the novelization of Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan makes reference to a USS Magellanic Clouds (β).
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- Small Magellanic Cloud at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Small Magellanic Cloud at Wikipedia