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Where was Supernova 1987A located?
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Composite image of Kepler's Nova, or Kepler's Supernova, taken by the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Supernova 1987A was located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way Galaxy. This galaxy is situated approximately 160,000 light-years away from Earth.1