Thanks Jessie & Steve. The Magellanic Clouds are simply magnificent when viewed from a dark site. The LMC was particularly bright in this panorama because the fog cleared as I was shooting it (the difference was noticeable naked-eye) - you can see a lack of green airglow surrounding it, compared to the rest of the image.
Steve - I don't have any good closeups of the LMC unfortunately (my unmodded camera can't capture the H-alpha regions) but it does feature in
my first Lovejoy photo.
There are some truly spectacular LMC shots here if you search through the archives - such as
this and
this.