The Small Magellenic Cloud was, heretofore, presumed to contain about 3 billion stars, vs. 30 billion for the Large Magellenic Cloud, and 100 billion stars for

The Small Magellenic Cloud was, heretofore, presumed to contain about 3 billion stars, vs. 30 billion for the Large Magellenic Cloud, and 100 billion stars for the Milky Way. The Small Magellenic Cloud was, heretofore, estimated to be about 18,900 light years in diameter. Nebula clusters are generally on the order of magnitude of a few thousand stars at most, and only hundreds of lightyears in size. However the division of the two smaller parts of the SMC works out, I believe both deserve more than simple appelation of "nebulae."