A small, hazy spot can be seen in the southern night sky, the Small Magellanic Cloud. The name is misleading, however, because it is a dwarf galaxy. At least that was thought until the end of 2023. New observations now suggest that it is not a single object, but two objects lying one behind the other. 16,000 light years apart and not directly recognisable as two objects to our eyes. It remains to be seen whether the two have drifted together due to their respective gravitational forces, or whether they are fragments of a galaxy. Certain is that the Small Magellanic Cloud is exposed to the gravity of the Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud and is therefore full of torn gas clouds. My image only shows about a third of the Small Magellanic Cloud.